Aspects of grammaticalization : (inter)subjectification and directionality / edited by Daniel Van Olmen, Hubert Cuyckens, Lobke Ghesquiere.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olmen, Daniel Van, editor.

Cuyckens, H., editor.

Ghesquière, Lobke, editor.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; Volume 305.

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs ; Volume 305

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume advances our understanding of two highly debated aspects of grammaticalization: its relation to (inter)subjectification and its directionality. These aspects are studied with respect to such phenomena as auxiliaries, discourse markers, conjunctions, prepositions and pronouns. Bringing together a wide range of languages, the collection provides insight into the crucial dimensions of grammaticalization research.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Table of contents

Introduction

1. Three types of subjectivity, three types of intersubjectivity, their dynamicization and a synthesis

2. Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification: The case of the Swedish modals må and måtte

3. The French comparative modal constructions faire mieux de, valoir mieux and falloir mieux

4. Discourse continuity and the written medium: Continuative relative clauses in the history of Dutch

5. From verb of saying to discourse marker in Southern Min: (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization

6. The subjective and intersubjective uses of “fail to” and “not fail to”

7. Paths of grammaticalization of Early Latin per/per-: A cognitive hypothesis

8. Grammaticalization of the English adverbial subordinator in order that

9. What happens after grammaticalization? Post-grammaticalization processes in the area of modality

10. Can a language be forced? The case of Estonian

11. Historical replication in contact grammaticalization

12. External possessors in West Germanic and Romance: Differential speed in the drift toward NP configurationality

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 23, 2017).

ISBN:

3-11-063502-X

3-11-048969-4

OCLC:

979627025