Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven
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Brigitte Pakendorf
Abstract
When languages that are known to be in contact share features, it is often a simple conclusion that these must be due to contact-induced developments. However, such a conclusion needs to be substantiated with careful analysis of crosslinguistic data. This approach will be demonstrated with a case study of an innovation in the Lamunxin dialect of the Tungusic language Ėven. This dialect, which is under strong contact pressure from the Turkic language Sakha (Yakut), is developing a purpose clause marker out of a converb of the generic verb of speech which is structurally parallel to a Sakha purposive construction. Notwithstanding the crosslinguistic frequency of this construction, detailed analysis supports the role of contact in its development in Lamunxin Ėven.
Abstract
When languages that are known to be in contact share features, it is often a simple conclusion that these must be due to contact-induced developments. However, such a conclusion needs to be substantiated with careful analysis of crosslinguistic data. This approach will be demonstrated with a case study of an innovation in the Lamunxin dialect of the Tungusic language Ėven. This dialect, which is under strong contact pressure from the Turkic language Sakha (Yakut), is developing a purpose clause marker out of a converb of the generic verb of speech which is structurally parallel to a Sakha purposive construction. Notwithstanding the crosslinguistic frequency of this construction, detailed analysis supports the role of contact in its development in Lamunxin Ėven.
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