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Journal of Historical Pragmatics
Vol. 16:1 (2015) ► pp.59–85

Grammaticalization or pragmaticalization of discourse markers?

More than a terminological issue

| Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
| Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Discourse markers are a crucial component of natural language, which is why a description and account of their diachronic evolution must be part of our linguistic models. However, researchers have different views on whether this evolution should be accounted for in terms of grammaticalization and/or pragmaticalization. In this paper, we provide a structured overview of the accounts given for the diachronic evolution of DMs. It is shown that the different positions encountered in the literature can be brought back to diverging views on the conceptualization of grammar, the categorization of discourse markers, and the weight that is put on specific processes involved in the diachronic change. We provide case studies for each of the positions that we present and discuss.

Keywords: discourse markers, grammaticalization, pragmaticalization
Published online: 3 April 2015
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https://doi.org/10.1075/jhp.16.1.03deg
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