The development of future participles and future tense markers from motion predicates
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Jamal Ouhalla
Abstract
In this paper I outline an analysis for the development of the Moroccan Arabic motion participles ġadi ‘going’ and maši ‘going’ into future participles and future tense markers, and explore the implications of this process for the nature of the lexicon and word-derivation. The analysis is framed in the context of the approach to grammaticalization outlined in Ouhalla (2012a & b), which assumes that words are derivational constructs with no existence outside the sentence-contexts that include them. This approach entails a principled distinction between grammaticalization and lexical change: the former targets selected word forms such as the participle in sentence-contexts, while the latter targets roots in isolation and is reflected in all the words based on the root. I will argue for a distinction between Lexicon, that may consist of abstract semantic and morphosyntactic primitives that are uniform across languages, and vocabulary, consonantal roots and functional morphemes with phonological features. Instances of grammaticalization of the type discussed here affect vocabulary rather than Lexicon.
Abstract
In this paper I outline an analysis for the development of the Moroccan Arabic motion participles ġadi ‘going’ and maši ‘going’ into future participles and future tense markers, and explore the implications of this process for the nature of the lexicon and word-derivation. The analysis is framed in the context of the approach to grammaticalization outlined in Ouhalla (2012a & b), which assumes that words are derivational constructs with no existence outside the sentence-contexts that include them. This approach entails a principled distinction between grammaticalization and lexical change: the former targets selected word forms such as the participle in sentence-contexts, while the latter targets roots in isolation and is reflected in all the words based on the root. I will argue for a distinction between Lexicon, that may consist of abstract semantic and morphosyntactic primitives that are uniform across languages, and vocabulary, consonantal roots and functional morphemes with phonological features. Instances of grammaticalization of the type discussed here affect vocabulary rather than Lexicon.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- The development of future participles and future tense markers from motion predicates 9
- Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms in Amman 29
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Syntax
- Prosodic constituency and locality in Levantine Arabic 47
- Negation and the subject position in San’ani Arabic 75
- Splitting Neg: 91
- Multiple agreement in Arabic 121
- Cyclic AGREE derives restrictions on cliticization in classical Arabic 135
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Phonology
- Secondary stress exist in Cairene Arabic? 163
- Paradoxical paradigms! Evidence from Lebanese Arabic phonology 185
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Sociolinguistics
- The Arabic of Bukhara 213
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Semantic/Pragmatics
- Terms of endearment and anger in Levantine Arabic 243
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Language acquisition
- On the L1 development of final consonant clusters in Cairene Arabic 263
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Neurolinguistics
- Neurocognitive modeling of the two language varieties in Arabic Diglossia 285
- Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
- The development of future participles and future tense markers from motion predicates 9
- Yod-dropping in b-imperfect verb forms in Amman 29
-
Syntax
- Prosodic constituency and locality in Levantine Arabic 47
- Negation and the subject position in San’ani Arabic 75
- Splitting Neg: 91
- Multiple agreement in Arabic 121
- Cyclic AGREE derives restrictions on cliticization in classical Arabic 135
-
Phonology
- Secondary stress exist in Cairene Arabic? 163
- Paradoxical paradigms! Evidence from Lebanese Arabic phonology 185
-
Sociolinguistics
- The Arabic of Bukhara 213
-
Semantic/Pragmatics
- Terms of endearment and anger in Levantine Arabic 243
-
Language acquisition
- On the L1 development of final consonant clusters in Cairene Arabic 263
-
Neurolinguistics
- Neurocognitive modeling of the two language varieties in Arabic Diglossia 285
- Index 303
