Kooperativer Bibliotheksverbund

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Format: 1 online resource (334p.)

ISBN: 9783110211764

Series Statement: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 205

Content: Grammaticalization theory has played a major role in the developments in language typology and functional linguistics during the last three decades. Grammaticalization phenomena show that grammars evolve in a continuous way following cross-linguistically established diachronic paths. The contributions in this book shed new light on some central issues in grammaticalization theory such as the (uni-)directionality debate, the relation between grammaticalization and constructions, and the concept of multiple grammaticalization. Evidence for grammaticalization in several domains of grammar is presented: adpositions, numeral classifiers, honorifics, agreement markers, applicatives, reciprocals, delexical verbs, auxiliaries, relative clauses, and discourse particles. The empirical investigations come from several languages, among them many understudied languages such as Nanafwe, Maltese, Manambu, Chibchan and Siouan languages.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Glosses -- , Introduction -- , I. Directionality of grammaticalization processes -- , Unidirectionality of grammaticalization in an evolutionary perspective -- , Grammaticalization and sets of form-functionpairs: Encoding spatial concepts in Greek -- , II. Nominal categories and adpositions -- , Grammaticalization of Korean numeral classifiers -- , Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê -- , On the grammaticalization of the German preposition von as a genitive equivalent -- , III. Verbal categories -- , The grammaticalization of agreement in Chibchan -- , Decay and loss of applicatives in Siouan languages: A grammaticalization perspective -- , Reciprocals in the making: multiple grammaticalization in Manambu -- , The Maltese continuative: A grammaticalization borderliner -- , What do “do” verbs do? The semantic diversity of generalised action verbs -- , Predicting a future change: Relative clauses of Japanese -- , IV. Grammaticalization and constructions -- , The catalytic function of constructional restrictions in grammaticalization -- , Grammaticalization of periphrastic constructions -- , Grammaticalization in constructions: Clitic doubling with experiencers in Modern Greek -- , Grammaticalization of honorific constructions in Japanese -- , From cause to contrast: A study in semantic change -- , Backmatter , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 978-3-11-020582-4

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9783110211764

URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211764