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Grammaticalization meets Construction Grammar
Edited by Evie Coussé, Peter Andersson and Joel Olofsson
[Constructional Approaches to Language 21] 2018
► pp. 241–276

Constructionalization areas

The case of negation in Manchu

Heine & Kuteva (2005) proposed the concept of a grammaticalization area. Given the recent appearance of the concept of constructionalization, (Traugott & Trousdale, 2013) it seems reasonable to ask whether there are constructionalization areas as well. The paper exemplifies this concept with the help of the Tungusic language Manchu and some surrounding languages. Manchu does not have the common Tungusic negative verb e‑, but, like Mongolian, employs the negative existential akū instead (e.g., Ikegami, 1999 [1979]). Manchu and Mongolian share not only this development, but also an underlying interlingual constructional network (Höder, 2012). The paper proposes the name areal construction grammar as a label for those aspects of construction grammar that are concerned with the study of language contact.

Keywords: Tungusic, Manchu, Mongolic, Khalkha Mongolian, negation, negative existential cycle, shared constructionalization, constructionalization area, interlingual constructional network, areal construction grammar
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2. Tungusic
  • 3.Mongolic
  • 4.Surrounding languages
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Special abbreviations
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 23 May 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.21.c9
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