The grammaticalization of "give" + infinitive : a comparative study of Russian, Polish, and Czech / by Ruprecht von Waldenfels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldenfels, Ruprecht von.

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 256

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian language--Grammaticalization.

Russian language.

Polish language--Grammaticalization.

Polish language.

Czech language--Grammaticalization.

Czech language.

Contrastive linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Verbs denoting 'to give' have developed grammatical meanings in many languages of the world. The present study analyses the grammaticalization of give in causative and modal constructions in the closely related Slavic languages Russian, Polish and Czech. Adopting a corpus driven approach, it takes departure from a detailed analysis of the use of these constructions in large reference corpora. This synchronic approach is supplemented by an analysis of the use of these constructions in Old Church Slavonic and by diachronic corpus-based accounts of the developments in Czech and Polish. The study provides thorough descriptions of the syntax and semantics of causative constructions, ranging from permissive (letting someone do something) and reflexive permissive (letting something be done to oneself) to factitive causative (having something done by someone). It traces the development and synchronic status of modals that have developed out of reflexive permissives in Polish and Czech. General issues discussed in the study include polarity sensitivity in causatives, types of causee coding, the emergence of non-agreeing diathesis structures in Polish and the role of language contact with German.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Conventions

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction, overview and theoretical framework

Chapter 2. da(va)t+inf in Russian

Chapter 3. da(va)t+inf in Polish

Chapter 4. da(va)t+inf in Czech

Chapter 5. Czech, Polish and Russian in parallel

Chapter 6. da(va)t+inf in Old Church Slavonic and earlier stages of Polish and Czech

Chapter 7. Conclusions and directions for further research

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"Heavily revised version of a dissertation defended at Regensburg University in 2009"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-62865-1

3-11-029377-3

9786613941107

OCLC:

811964434