A functional discourse grammar theory of grammaticalization. Volume 2, Formal change / by Riccardo Giomi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giomi, Riccardo, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; v. 20.

Brill's studies in historical linguistics ; volume 20

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

Tables and Figures

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Syntagmatic Weight

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Fusional Languages

2.3. Agglutinating and Polysynthetic Languages

2.4. Isolating Languages

2.5. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 3. Syntagmatic Cohesion

3.1. The Nature of Bondedness and Its Relations to Other Parameters

3.1.1. Coalescence and Phonological Fusion

3.1.2. Bondedness and Syntagmatic Weight

3.2. On the Reliability and Typological Relevance of Coalescence as an Indicator of Grammaticalization

3.3. Coalescence and Change of Morphological Type

3.4. Coalescence in Grammaticalization and Lexicalization

3.4.1. Univerbation and Fusion in Lexicalization

3.4.2. Univerbation and Fusion in Grammaticalization: Proforms and Adpositions/Conjunctions

3.5. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 4. Syntagmatic Variability

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Re(de)fining Syntagmatic Variability

4.3. Syntagmatic Variability and Word Order Change

4.4. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 5. Phonological Autonomy

5.1. Segmental Erosion

5.2. Suprasegmental Erosion

5.3. Summary and Conclusions

Chapter 6. Formal Change in FDG

6.1. Introduction

6.2. Syntagmatic Cohesion in FDG

6.3. Syntagmatic Variability in FDG

6.3.1. Morphosyntactic Templates and the Ordering of Constituents

6.3.2. Ten Cases of Debonding

6.3.2.1. Infinitive Markers in English (and Norwegian)

6.3.2.2. Japanese Connectives

6.3.2.3. Tura |LÁ|: From Deapplicative to Nominalizer and Focus Marker

6.3.2.4. Irish -maid > muid: From Verb Suffix to Pronoun

6.3.2.5. Northern Swedish bö- > bö: From Prefix to Modal Auxiliary and Lexical Verb

6.3.2.6. North Saami haga: From Case Suffix to Postposition, Adverb and Preposition

6.3.2.7. Dutch/Frisian/German tig/tich/zig: From Suffix to Quantifier

6.3.2.8. English -ish: From Suffix to Free Morpheme

6.3.2.9. Deaffixation in Hup

6.3.2.10. Old Estonian Emphatic ep and Interrogative es: From Clitic to Free Particle

6.3.2.11. Summary and Conclusions

6.4. Phonological Autonomy in FDG

6.5. Conclusions

Chapter 7. Conclusions

7.1. In Defence of Complexity

7.2. Conclusions Proper

7.2.1. The (Co?)Evolution of Form and Meaning in Grammaticalization

7.2.2. An FDG Theory of Grammaticalization

References

Language Index

Subject index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2023).

Other Format:

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

ISBN:

9789004520585

9004520589

Publisher Number:

40031626355

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