A functional discourse grammar theory of grammaticalization. Volume 1, Functional change / by Riccardo Giomi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giomi, Riccardo, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; v. 19.

Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; volume 19

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Functional discourse grammar.

Linguistic change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

1.1. Theoretical Setting and Scope of the Research

1.2. State of the Art and Research Questions

Chapter 2. Functional Discourse Grammar

2.1. General Features

2.2. Layered Structure

2.2.1. Introduction

2.2.2. Types of Head

2.3. Four Levels of Grammatical Analysis

2.3.1. The Interpersonal Level

2.3.1.1. Moves and Discourse Acts

2.3.1.2. The Illocution

2.3.1.3. The Participants

2.3.1.4. The Communicated Content

2.3.1.5. Subacts

2.3.2. The Representational Level

2.3.2.1. The Propositional Content

2.3.2.2. The Episode

2.3.2.3. The State-of-Affairs

2.3.2.4. The Configurational Property

2.3.2.5. The Lexical Property

2.3.2.6. Further Semantic Categories

2.4. Summary

Chapter 3. Grammaticalization between Structure and Context

3.1. Grammaticalization: History, Basic Concepts and Matters of Controversy

3.2. Lehmann's Parameters and Processes

3.3. Paradigmatic Change

3.3.1. Obligatorification

3.3.2. Paradigmaticization and Decategorialization: From Major vs. Minor Categories to Content vs. Function Words

3.3.3. Interim Summary

3.4. Grammaticalization as Context-Induced Reinterpretation

3.4.1. Heine (2002)

3.4.2. Metaphor and Metonymy

3.4.3. The Interaction of Components in an FDG Account of Grammaticalization

3.5. Towards an FDG Theory of Grammaticalization

Chapter 4. Previous Approaches to Functional Change

4.1. Meaning Generalization

4.2. From Concrete to Abstract Meaning

4.3. From "Material" to "Relational" Meaning

4.4. Loss of Predicativity/Referentiality

4.5. Subjectification, Intersubjectification and Discourse Orientation

4.6. Summary

Chapter 5. Grammaticalization as Scope Increase

5.1. Grammar and Conceptualization in FDG and in Other Functional Models

5.2. Scope Increase in FDG

5.2.1. Scope Increase across Layers and Levels

5.2.2. Scope Increase and Pragmaticalization

5.3. Putative Counterexamples to the Scope-Increase Hypothesis

5.4. Refining the Scope-Increase Hypothesis

5.4.1. Horizontal Scope Widening

5.4.2. Layer Skipping

5.5. Conclusions and Outline of the Following Chapters

Chapter 6. The Grammaticalization of Semantic, Pragmatic and Rhetorical Functions

6.1. Introduction

6.1.1. Semantic Functions in FDG

6.1.2. Semantic and Syntactic Functions

6.1.3. Overview of Semantic Functions and Their Distribution across Layers

6.2. The Diachronic Development of Function Markers

6.2.1. Preliminaries

6.2.2. Scope Increase in the Field of Function Markers

6.2.3. Putative Counterexamples to the Scope-Increase Hypothesis

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) - University of Lisbon, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

6.2.4. Diachronic Developments Involving Reasons, Manners and Quantities

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Giomi, Riccardo A Functional Discourse Grammar Theory of Grammaticalization

ISBN:

9789004520578

9004520570

Publisher Number:

40031599437

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