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Is German gehören an auxiliary?
Abstract
This case study looks at the construction gehören + passive perfect participle (participle II) in present-day German. It focuses on a synchronic analysis, but also considers diachronic evidence. The construction has grammaticalized to a modal passive marker in which the participle typically expresses an unpleasant action, such as punishment, on the patient. Synchronic evidence suggests that gehören shows typical features of auxiliation in this construction, which does not allow a clear-cut classification of the verb. It should rather be seen as located along the Verb-to-TAM cline proposed in Heine (1993). Gehören + participle II can also be seen as a form-meaning pairing in the sense of Construction Grammar.
Abstract
This case study looks at the construction gehören + passive perfect participle (participle II) in present-day German. It focuses on a synchronic analysis, but also considers diachronic evidence. The construction has grammaticalized to a modal passive marker in which the participle typically expresses an unpleasant action, such as punishment, on the patient. Synchronic evidence suggests that gehören shows typical features of auxiliation in this construction, which does not allow a clear-cut classification of the verb. It should rather be seen as located along the Verb-to-TAM cline proposed in Heine (1993). Gehören + participle II can also be seen as a form-meaning pairing in the sense of Construction Grammar.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
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part I Basic questions
- On some problem areas in grammaticalization studies 17
- Issues in constructional approaches to grammaticalization in English 51
- Reconsidering erosion in grammaticalization 73
- Grammaticalization, subjectification and objectification 101
- Degrammaticalization 123
- Degrammaticalization and obsolescent morphology 151
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part II Grammaticalization and the explanation of language change
- An analogical approach to grammaticalization 181
- Does grammaticalisation need analogy? 221
- What grammaticalisation can reveal about same-subject control 241
- How the Latin neuter pronominal forms became markers of non-individuation in Spanish 273
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part III Case studies of micro-processes of grammaticalization
- The Grammaticalization of the German adjectives lauter (and eitel ) 297
- Is German gehören an auxiliary? 323
- Micro-processes of grammaticalization 343
- List of contributors 373
- Index 375
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
-
part I Basic questions
- On some problem areas in grammaticalization studies 17
- Issues in constructional approaches to grammaticalization in English 51
- Reconsidering erosion in grammaticalization 73
- Grammaticalization, subjectification and objectification 101
- Degrammaticalization 123
- Degrammaticalization and obsolescent morphology 151
-
part II Grammaticalization and the explanation of language change
- An analogical approach to grammaticalization 181
- Does grammaticalisation need analogy? 221
- What grammaticalisation can reveal about same-subject control 241
- How the Latin neuter pronominal forms became markers of non-individuation in Spanish 273
-
part III Case studies of micro-processes of grammaticalization
- The Grammaticalization of the German adjectives lauter (and eitel ) 297
- Is German gehören an auxiliary? 323
- Micro-processes of grammaticalization 343
- List of contributors 373
- Index 375
