Connecting Grammaticalisation
Jens Nørgård-Sørensen, Lars Heltoft and Lene Schøsler
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics, 65] 2011. xiii, 347 pp.
Jens Nørgård-Sørensen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jens Nørgård-Sørensen plays a role.
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Subjects Functional linguistics | Historical linguistics | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2015 Grammaticalisation as paradigmatisation New Directions in Grammaticalization Research, Smith, Andrew D.M., Graeme Trousdale and Richard Waltereit (eds.), pp. 261–292 | Article
By arguing that grammaticalisation inevitably involves paradigmatisation, i.e. formation of new paradigms or reformation of existing paradigms, we challenge leading approaches to grammaticalisation that consider the stages on the so-called cline of grammaticality the prototypical path of… read more
2014 Filling empty distinctions of expression with content: Usage-motivated assignment of grammatical meaning Usage-Based Approaches to Language Change, Coussé, Evie and Ferdinand von Mengden (eds.), pp. 243–270 | Article
This article opens with a brief discussion of the fundamental issues of usage, structure, grammaticalization and reanalysis and then introduces the key concept of an empty distinction, which is defined as a conventionalized distinction of expression that has lost its former motivation (semantic or… read more
2013 Review of Narrog & Heine (2011): The Oxford handbook of grammaticalization Studies in Language 37:1, pp. 217–225 | Review
2011 Chapter 5 Patterns of connecting grammaticalisation in Russian: Syntax, animacy and aspect Connecting Grammaticalisation, Nørgård-Sørensen, Jens, Lars Heltoft and Lene Schøsler, pp. 113–170 | Article
2008 Grammaticalization waves: The Russian subjunctive mood and person/number marking Theoretical and Empirical Issues in Grammaticalization, Seoane, Elena and María José López-Couso (eds.), pp. 253–268 | Article
2006 Aspect and animacy in the history of Russian: Developing the idea of parallel grammaticalization Competing Models of Linguistic Change: Evolution and beyond, Nedergaard Thomsen, Ole (ed.), pp. 289–305 | Article