Pathways of change : grammaticalization in English / edited by Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach, Dieter Stein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fischer, Olga.

Rosenbach, Anette.

Stein, Dieter, 1946-

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 53.

Studies in language companion series ; v. 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar, Historical.

English language.

Physical Description:

x, 391 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic (change) theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical studies from one of the best-documented languages in the world, English. Pathways of Change contains discussion of new data and provides theoretical lead articles based on these data that will help sharpen the theoretical aspects involved, such as the definition and the logical connection of the component processes of grammaticalization. The volume is concentrated around a number of themes that are important or controversial in grammaticalization studies, such as the principle of unidirectionality, the relation between lexicalization and grammaticalization - and connected with these two factors the possibility of degrammaticalization - the way iconicity interweaves with grammaticalization processes, and with the phenomenon of grammaticalization on a synchronic or discourse level, also often termed subjectifization.

Contents:

PATHWAYS OF CHANGE

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Contributors

Preface

Introduction

A lovely little example: Wordorder options andcategory shift in the premodifying string

The grammaticalization of the verb 'pray'

The grammaticalization of concessive markers in Early Modern English

Combining English auxiliaries

Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable? The case of to before the infinitive in English

Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day American English

The role of person and position in Old English

Remarks on (uni)directionality

Soþlice and witodlice: Discourse markers in OldEnglish

Onginnan/beginnan with bare and to-infinitive in Ælfric

Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English

Parallelism vs. asymmetry. The case of English counterfactual conditionals

The grammaticalization of the present perfect in English. Tracks of change and continuity in a linguistic enclave

Grammaticalization versus lexicalization: 'Methinks 'there is some confusion

Name index

Subject index

STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS).

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612254697

9780585463308

0585463301

9781282254695

1282254693

9789027298690

9027298696

OCLC:

179091967