Grammaticalization, typology and semantics: Expanding the agenda
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Zygmunt Frajzyngier
Abstract
The paper aims at providing an expanded model of grammaticalization, where the term is understood as the process through which a language develops grammatical means of coding various formal, semantic or pragmatic functional domains. It thus subsumes the traditional scope of grammaticalization, but also covers the development of devices such as linear order, phonological means and the repetition of phrases or lexical items, among others. In this expanded scenario of grammaticalization, the paper addresses such key issues as the motivations for grammaticalization, the choice of coding means, and the consequences of grammaticalization for grammatical systems and for language change. The article also discusses the relevance of the principle of functional transparency, the principle of indirect means and the consequences of the initial state for both principles.
Abstract
The paper aims at providing an expanded model of grammaticalization, where the term is understood as the process through which a language develops grammatical means of coding various formal, semantic or pragmatic functional domains. It thus subsumes the traditional scope of grammaticalization, but also covers the development of devices such as linear order, phonological means and the repetition of phrases or lexical items, among others. In this expanded scenario of grammaticalization, the paper addresses such key issues as the motivations for grammaticalization, the choice of coding means, and the consequences of grammaticalization for grammatical systems and for language change. The article also discusses the relevance of the principle of functional transparency, the principle of indirect means and the consequences of the initial state for both principles.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Address list vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: New perspectives on grammaticalization 1
- Grammaticalization and the areal factor: The perspective of East and mainland Southeast Asian languages 15
- On the grammaticalization of 'come' and 'go' into markers of textual connectivity 37
- Grammaticalization, typology and semantics: Expanding the agenda 61
- Mismatch: Grammar distortion and grammaticalization 103
- Areal convergence in grammaticalization processes 129
- The grammaticalization of nominalizers in Japanese and Korean: A contrastive study 169
- On the frills of grammaticalization 189
- Nominalizations in Bodic languages 219
- On the rise and fall of Korean nominalizers 239
- The grammaticalization of clausal nominalizers in Burmese 265
- The grammaticalization cline of cardinal numerals and numeral systems 289
- The development of nominalizers in East Asian and Tibeto-Burman languages 309
- Index of names 343
- Index of languages 348
- Index of subjects 350
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Address list vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: New perspectives on grammaticalization 1
- Grammaticalization and the areal factor: The perspective of East and mainland Southeast Asian languages 15
- On the grammaticalization of 'come' and 'go' into markers of textual connectivity 37
- Grammaticalization, typology and semantics: Expanding the agenda 61
- Mismatch: Grammar distortion and grammaticalization 103
- Areal convergence in grammaticalization processes 129
- The grammaticalization of nominalizers in Japanese and Korean: A contrastive study 169
- On the frills of grammaticalization 189
- Nominalizations in Bodic languages 219
- On the rise and fall of Korean nominalizers 239
- The grammaticalization of clausal nominalizers in Burmese 265
- The grammaticalization cline of cardinal numerals and numeral systems 289
- The development of nominalizers in East Asian and Tibeto-Burman languages 309
- Index of names 343
- Index of languages 348
- Index of subjects 350
