Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages
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Andrej L. Malchukov
Abstract
The paper deals with insubordination phenomena in Siberian languages, focusing on Tungusic and Paleosiberian languages. It shows that Siberian languages, both Transeurasian/Macroaltaic and Paleosiberian, share a tendency to renew the finite verb forms through forms of nonfinite origin. This tendency can manifest itself either in the reanalysis of a nominal (participial) predicate as a verbal predicate (verbalization), or in the reanalysis of the erstwhile subordinate clause as a main clause (insubordination). Although the tendency for renewal of finite verb forms constitutes a general areal feature of Siberian languages, the outcome of these processes would be somewhat different, reflecting the difference in scenarios involved (insubordination proper vs. verbalization), as well as differences in the input structures.
Abstract
The paper deals with insubordination phenomena in Siberian languages, focusing on Tungusic and Paleosiberian languages. It shows that Siberian languages, both Transeurasian/Macroaltaic and Paleosiberian, share a tendency to renew the finite verb forms through forms of nonfinite origin. This tendency can manifest itself either in the reanalysis of a nominal (participial) predicate as a verbal predicate (verbalization), or in the reanalysis of the erstwhile subordinate clause as a main clause (insubordination). Although the tendency for renewal of finite verb forms constitutes a general areal feature of Siberian languages, the outcome of these processes would be somewhat different, reflecting the difference in scenarios involved (insubordination proper vs. verbalization), as well as differences in the input structures.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xi
- List of contributors xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- Chapter 1. Towards a typology of shared grammaticalization 1
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Part I. Shared grammaticalization: Typological and theoretical aspects
- Chapter 2. Areal diffusion and parallelism in drift 23
- Chapter 3. Demystifying drift 43
- Chapter 4. Contact-induced replication 67
- Chapter 5. Isomorphic processes 101
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Part II. Shared grammaticalization in the Transeurasian languages
- Chapter 6. Scalar additive operators in Transeurasian languages 113
- Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization 147
- Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages 177
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Part III. Shared grammaticalization in the Altaic languages
- Chapter 9. Personal pronouns in Core Altaic 211
- Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund 227
- Chapter 11. Growing apart in shared grammaticalization 251
- Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven 259
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Part IV. Shared grammaticalization in Japanese and Korean
- Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese 287
- Chapter 14. Grammaticalization of allocutivity markers in Japanese and Korean in a crosslinguistic perspective 317
- Chapter 15. A possible grammaticalization in Old Japanese and its implications for the comparison of Korean and Japanese 341
- Language index 355
- Subject index 359
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of tables ix
- List of figures xi
- List of contributors xiii
- Acknowledgements xv
- Chapter 1. Towards a typology of shared grammaticalization 1
-
Part I. Shared grammaticalization: Typological and theoretical aspects
- Chapter 2. Areal diffusion and parallelism in drift 23
- Chapter 3. Demystifying drift 43
- Chapter 4. Contact-induced replication 67
- Chapter 5. Isomorphic processes 101
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Part II. Shared grammaticalization in the Transeurasian languages
- Chapter 6. Scalar additive operators in Transeurasian languages 113
- Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization 147
- Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages 177
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Part III. Shared grammaticalization in the Altaic languages
- Chapter 9. Personal pronouns in Core Altaic 211
- Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund 227
- Chapter 11. Growing apart in shared grammaticalization 251
- Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven 259
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Part IV. Shared grammaticalization in Japanese and Korean
- Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese 287
- Chapter 14. Grammaticalization of allocutivity markers in Japanese and Korean in a crosslinguistic perspective 317
- Chapter 15. A possible grammaticalization in Old Japanese and its implications for the comparison of Korean and Japanese 341
- Language index 355
- Subject index 359