The semantic field of continuation: Periphrastic blijven and continuer à

Liesbeth Mortier

doi:10.1515/flin.2010.015

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The semantic field of continuation: Periphrastic blijven and continuer à

Liesbeth Mortier

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The article presents an analysis of the periphrastic expression of continuative aspect by taking into account Dutch blijven + V_inf and French continuer à + V_inf. As prototypical marks of continuation, or the middle phase of an event, they will be argued to constitute the core of a formal field of equivalent expressions and of a semantic field intersecting with other meanings, including spatiality, stativity, iteration and counter-expectation. The lack of substantial research into continuative aspect motivates a semasiological approach making use of translation data which, although potentially controversial, will be shown to be a highly effective heuristic for formal and semantic equivalence in linguistic phenomena. A quantitative outset will be combined with qualitative analyses of synchronic data, resulting in an outline of potential pathways of grammaticalization and, potentially, subjectification.

Keywords:: aspect; translation; grammaticalization; subjectification

Received: 2009-03-25

Revised: 2009-10-22

Accepted: 2009-11-25

Published Online: 2010-12-08

Published in Print: 2010-December

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aspect; translation; grammaticalization; subjectification