Up and down the Cline – The Nature of Grammaticalization
Editors
The basic idea behind this volume is to probe the nature of grammaticalization. Its contributions focus on the following questions: (i) In how far can grammaticalization be considered a universal diachronic process or mechanism of change and in how far is it conditioned by synchronic factors? (ii) What is the role of the speaker in grammaticalization? (iii) Does grammaticalization itself provide a cause for change or is it an epiphenomenon, i.e. a conglomeration of causal factors/mechanisms which elsewhere occur independently? (iv) If it is epiphenominal, how do we explain that similar pathways so often occur in known cases of grammaticalization? (v) Is grammaticalization unidirectional? (vi) What is the nature of the parameters guiding grammaticalization? The overall aim of the book is to enrich our understanding of what grammaticalization does or does not entail via detailed case studies in combination with theoretical and methodological discussions.
[Typological Studies in Language, 59] 2004. viii, 406 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Preface | p. vii
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Introduction: In search of grammaticalizationOlga Fischer, Muriel Norde and Harry Perridon | pp. 1–16
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On directionality in language change with particular reference to grammaticalizationMartin Haspelmath | pp. 17–44
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Rescuing traditional (historical) linguistics from grammaticalization theoryBrian D. Joseph | pp. 45–71
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The English s-genitive: A case of degrammaticalization?Anette Rosenbach | pp. 73–96
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An investigation into the marginal modals dare and need in British present-day English: A corpus-based approachMartine Taeymans | pp. 97–114
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Redefining unidirectionality: Is there life after modality?Debra Ziegeler | pp. 115–135
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From pronominalizer to pragmatic marker: Implications for unidirectionality from a crosslinguistic perspectiveFoong Ha Yap, Stephen Matthews and Kaoru Horie | pp. 137–168
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Conditionals and subjectification: Implications for a theory of semantic changeJacqueline Visconti | pp. 169–192
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Unidirectionality in the grammaticalization of modality in GreekAnastasios Tsangalidis | pp. 193–209
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How cognitive is grammaticalization? The history of the Catalan perfet perifràsticUlrich Detges | pp. 211–227
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Perfect and resultative constructions in spoken and non-standard EnglishJim Miller | pp. 229–246
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Grammaticalization and standardizationLea Laitinen | pp. 247–262
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External factors behind cross-linguistic similaritiesIlona Herlin and Lari Kotilainen | pp. 263–279
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What constitutes a case of grammaticalization? Evidence from the development of copulas from demonstratives in PassamaquoddyEve Ng | pp. 281–298
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Multi-categorial items as underspecified lexical entries: The case of Kambera wànguMarian A.F. Klamer | pp. 299–323
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The acquisition of polysemous forms: The case of bei2 (“give”) in CantoneseKwok-shing Wong | pp. 325–343
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Phonetic absence as syntactic prominence: Grammaticalization in isolating tonal languagesUmberto Ansaldo and Lisa Lim | pp. 345–362
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Grammaticalization of word order: Evidence from LithuanianSergey Say | pp. 363–384
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