Gradience, gradualness and grammaticalization / edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Graeme Trousdale.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Traugott, Elizabeth Closs.

Trousdale, Graeme, 1971-

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 90.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Gradience (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

viii, 306 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : John Benjamins Pub. Company, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The focus of this paper is the role of theory for the understanding of linguistic change. We argue that 'formal' and 'functional' should not be seen as two incompatible ways of viewing linguistic data, but as necessary aspects of any linguistic theory. We consider how theories which are formal, but which incorporate functional information can advance our understanding of linguistic change, for instance Dynamic Syntax and Lexical-Functional Grammar, especially when combined with Stochastic OT. We consider analyses which show that formal semantics can provide more insightful accounts of certain changes than purely syntactic analyses such as those proposed in some papers in this volume. We compare approaches particularly with respect to analyses of gradience and the directionality of grammaticalization.

Contents:

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Preface / Graeme Trousdale and Elizabeth Closs Traugott

Gradience, gradualness and grammaticalization: how do they intersect? / Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale

Grammaticalization, the clausal hierarchy and semantic bleaching / Ian Roberts

Grammatical interference: subject marker for and the phrasal verb particles out and forth / Hendrik De Smet

Category change in English with and without structural change / David Denison

Features in reanalysis and grammaticalization / Elly van Gelderen

How synchronic gradience makes sense in the light of language change (and vice versa) / Anette Rosenbach

What can synchronic gradience tell us about reanalysis? Verb-first conditionals in written German and Swedish / Martin Hilpert

A paradigmatic approach to language and language change / Lene Schøsler

Grammaticalization and the it-cleft construction / Amanda L. Patten

Grammaticalization in Chinese: a construction-based account / Walter Bisang

Grammaticalization and models of language / Nigel Vincent and Kersti Börjars

Language index

Subject index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612558658

9781282558656

128255865X

9789027288448

9027288445

OCLC:

615631411