From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors
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Domenico Niclot
Abstract
This paper targets the phenomenon of non valence-governed datives of affectedness linked to possession. By adopting a constructional approach based on Goldberg (1995) and a revision of Raineri and Evola (2008), I work out a grid that may be adopted for cross-linguistic purposes. By applying this model to German, French and Italian, I show that the latter language, contrary to the two former ones has thoroughly grammaticalized this function. I also propose a tentative account of the grammaticalization paths that may have led to the heterogeneous behavior of the languages under discussion with respect to this construction. Keywords: Construction Grammar; Dative; Beneficiary; Maleficiary; Affectedness; Grammaticalization
Abstract
This paper targets the phenomenon of non valence-governed datives of affectedness linked to possession. By adopting a constructional approach based on Goldberg (1995) and a revision of Raineri and Evola (2008), I work out a grid that may be adopted for cross-linguistic purposes. By applying this model to German, French and Italian, I show that the latter language, contrary to the two former ones has thoroughly grammaticalized this function. I also propose a tentative account of the grammaticalization paths that may have led to the heterogeneous behavior of the languages under discussion with respect to this construction. Keywords: Construction Grammar; Dative; Beneficiary; Maleficiary; Affectedness; Grammaticalization
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Perspectives on semantic roles 1
- Inducing semantic roles 23
- The grammaticalization chain of case functions 69
- Plotting diachronic semantic maps 99
- The (non-)prototypicality of Direction 151
- The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic 181
- Against the addressee of speech – Recipient metaphor 205
- Semantic roles and word formation 241
- From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors 271
- Author index 327
- Language index 331
- Subject index 333
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Perspectives on semantic roles 1
- Inducing semantic roles 23
- The grammaticalization chain of case functions 69
- Plotting diachronic semantic maps 99
- The (non-)prototypicality of Direction 151
- The Morphosyntax of the Experiencer in Early Vedic 181
- Against the addressee of speech – Recipient metaphor 205
- Semantic roles and word formation 241
- From semantic roles to evaluative markers. The dative and affected possessors 271
- Author index 327
- Language index 331
- Subject index 333
