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Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization

  • Martine Robbeets
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Shared Grammaticalization
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Abstract

The present contribution suggests how grammaticalization theory may contribute to establishing remote linguistic relationships, more particularly to distinguishing genealogical residue from the effects of areal influence, universal factors and coincidence. The five different types of shared grammaticalization discussed in the introductory chapter of this volume are characterized according to their likelihood of being global (displaying a full correspondence including form) or selective (involving only a partial correspondence excluding form). Globally shared grammaticalization is taken as a strong indication of genealogical relatedness and is supplemented with six other criteria that help to reduce the likelihood of contact effects or universal principles. When these criteria are applied to the verb morphology shared among the Transeurasian languages, a strong case can be made for genealogical relatedness.

Abstract

The present contribution suggests how grammaticalization theory may contribute to establishing remote linguistic relationships, more particularly to distinguishing genealogical residue from the effects of areal influence, universal factors and coincidence. The five different types of shared grammaticalization discussed in the introductory chapter of this volume are characterized according to their likelihood of being global (displaying a full correspondence including form) or selective (involving only a partial correspondence excluding form). Globally shared grammaticalization is taken as a strong indication of genealogical relatedness and is supplemented with six other criteria that help to reduce the likelihood of contact effects or universal principles. When these criteria are applied to the verb morphology shared among the Transeurasian languages, a strong case can be made for genealogical relatedness.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of tables ix
  4. List of figures xi
  5. List of contributors xiii
  6. Acknowledgements xv
  7. Chapter 1. Towards a typology of shared grammaticalization 1
  8. Part I. Shared grammaticalization: Typological and theoretical aspects
  9. Chapter 2. Areal diffusion and parallelism in drift 23
  10. Chapter 3. Demystifying drift 43
  11. Chapter 4. Contact-induced replication 67
  12. Chapter 5. Isomorphic processes 101
  13. Part II. Shared grammaticalization in the Transeurasian languages
  14. Chapter 6. Scalar additive operators in Transeurasian languages 113
  15. Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization 147
  16. Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages 177
  17. Part III. Shared grammaticalization in the Altaic languages
  18. Chapter 9. Personal pronouns in Core Altaic 211
  19. Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund 227
  20. Chapter 11. Growing apart in shared grammaticalization 251
  21. Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven 259
  22. Part IV. Shared grammaticalization in Japanese and Korean
  23. Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese 287
  24. Chapter 14. Grammaticalization of allocutivity markers in Japanese and Korean in a crosslinguistic perspective 317
  25. Chapter 15. A possible grammaticalization in Old Japanese and its implications for the comparison of Korean and Japanese 341
  26. Language index 355
  27. Subject index 359
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.132.13rob

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. List of tables ix
  4. List of figures xi
  5. List of contributors xiii
  6. Acknowledgements xv
  7. Chapter 1. Towards a typology of shared grammaticalization 1
  8. Part I. Shared grammaticalization: Typological and theoretical aspects
  9. Chapter 2. Areal diffusion and parallelism in drift 23
  10. Chapter 3. Demystifying drift 43
  11. Chapter 4. Contact-induced replication 67
  12. Chapter 5. Isomorphic processes 101
  13. Part II. Shared grammaticalization in the Transeurasian languages
  14. Chapter 6. Scalar additive operators in Transeurasian languages 113
  15. Chapter 7. Genealogically motivated grammaticalization 147
  16. Chapter 8. Verbalization and insubordination in Siberian languages 177
  17. Part III. Shared grammaticalization in the Altaic languages
  18. Chapter 9. Personal pronouns in Core Altaic 211
  19. Chapter 10. Postposed indefinite articles in Mongolic and Turkic languages of the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund 227
  20. Chapter 11. Growing apart in shared grammaticalization 251
  21. Chapter 12. Incipient grammaticalization of a redundant purpose clause marker in Lamunxin Ėven 259
  22. Part IV. Shared grammaticalization in Japanese and Korean
  23. Chapter 13. Grammaticalization of space in Korean and Japanese 287
  24. Chapter 14. Grammaticalization of allocutivity markers in Japanese and Korean in a crosslinguistic perspective 317
  25. Chapter 15. A possible grammaticalization in Old Japanese and its implications for the comparison of Korean and Japanese 341
  26. Language index 355
  27. Subject index 359
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