Grammaticalization and Variation : : The Case of Mayan Motion Verbs / / Nicole Hober.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Hober, Nicole ,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Studia Typologica [STTYP] : Beihefte / Supplements STUF - Sprachtypologie und Universalienforschung / Language Typology and Universals , 28
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXI, 356 p.)

Grammaticalization research looks back on a rich history, but recent empirical findings, as well as new insights from cognitive science and psycholinguistics, entice researchers to reassess and review what we know about the process. This book presents a detailed study of the grammaticalization of motion verbs in the Mayan languages. The focus lies on variation in the parallel grammaticalization of motion verbs into auxiliaries and directionals. It is demonstrated that the genetically related and areally close languages do not always grammaticalize source items in the same way - both from a formal and meaning perspective. The empirical findings suggest that traditional theories on grammaticalization do not capture the complex nature of the phenomenon entirely. Therefore, a Network Approach to grammaticalization is introduced which emphasizes a 'meaning-first' account. The approach seeks to combine the conceptual with the discourse-pragmatic while being firmly grounded in cognitive and psychological facts. New insights into the grammaticalization behavior of the world's languages are offered, while well-established notions and assumptions within the grammaticalization research paradigm are reviewed and challenged.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations and Notational Conventions -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction: Grammar and grammaticalization research -- 2 Motivation: Forging new paths in grammaticalization research -- 3 Literature review: Where do we come from and where do we go from here? -- 4 Methodology and data -- 5 The Mayan language family -- 6 The Pan-Mayan motion verbs -- 7 Grammaticalization of Mayan motion verbs into motion, purpose, and trajectory -- 8 A glance at the fate of the grammaticalized Mayan motion verbs: TAM, unusual targets, and language contact -- 9 Discussion: Coming full circle -- 10 Recap -- References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Appendix IV -- Appendix V -- Appendix VI