What genericity reveals about the establishment of the definite determiner in German
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Svetlana Petrova
Abstract
This contribution deals with the rise of the definite determiner in generic noun phrases in German. It calls attention to a by now neglected part of the diachronic development of the determiner system of German and provides a special contribution on the subject, building upon newly collected, first-hand corpus data and its interpretation in the context of the current semantic debate on genericity.
Abstract
This contribution deals with the rise of the definite determiner in generic noun phrases in German. It calls attention to a by now neglected part of the diachronic development of the determiner system of German and provides a special contribution on the subject, building upon newly collected, first-hand corpus data and its interpretation in the context of the current semantic debate on genericity.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
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Section I. “From pragmatic to semantic definiteness”
- A complex grammaticalization scenario for the definite article 17
- The grammaticalization of the definite article in German 43
- What genericity reveals about the establishment of the definite determiner in German 75
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Section II. “Syntactic contexts, cognition and grammaticalization”
- The role of the definite article in the rise of the German Framing Principle 97
- Cliticization of definite articles to prepositions in Middle High German – early stages of grammaticalization? 129
- Absence as evidence 161
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Section III. “From definite into onymic article – and finally onymic classifier”
- The rise of the onymic article in Early New High German 199
- Die Capital – der Astra – das Adler 227
- Index 251
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction 1
-
Section I. “From pragmatic to semantic definiteness”
- A complex grammaticalization scenario for the definite article 17
- The grammaticalization of the definite article in German 43
- What genericity reveals about the establishment of the definite determiner in German 75
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Section II. “Syntactic contexts, cognition and grammaticalization”
- The role of the definite article in the rise of the German Framing Principle 97
- Cliticization of definite articles to prepositions in Middle High German – early stages of grammaticalization? 129
- Absence as evidence 161
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Section III. “From definite into onymic article – and finally onymic classifier”
- The rise of the onymic article in Early New High German 199
- Die Capital – der Astra – das Adler 227
- Index 251
