Areal convergence in grammaticalization processes
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Anna Giacalone Ramat
Abstract
This paper discusses a number of developments within Standard Average European, which prove that the universal properties of grammaticalization processes can be reconciled with the specificity of situations of language contact. The four changes examined in the article are the development of periphrastic ‘have’-perfects, the extension of the definite article area, the renewal of the relative pronoun paradigm and the development of reflexive markers towards passive and impersonal constructions. The selected case studies illustrate how language contact may play a role in the initial stage of a given grammaticalization process or may reinforce and accelerate grammaticalization. The paper also shows that canonical grammaticalization and contact-induced grammaticalization develop along similar lines and that contactinduced grammaticalization should be distinguished from cases of mere calquing or transfer of grammatical forms.
Abstract
This paper discusses a number of developments within Standard Average European, which prove that the universal properties of grammaticalization processes can be reconciled with the specificity of situations of language contact. The four changes examined in the article are the development of periphrastic ‘have’-perfects, the extension of the definite article area, the renewal of the relative pronoun paradigm and the development of reflexive markers towards passive and impersonal constructions. The selected case studies illustrate how language contact may play a role in the initial stage of a given grammaticalization process or may reinforce and accelerate grammaticalization. The paper also shows that canonical grammaticalization and contact-induced grammaticalization develop along similar lines and that contactinduced grammaticalization should be distinguished from cases of mere calquing or transfer of grammatical forms.
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
