7. On the grammaticalization of the definite article in Colloquial Upper Sorbian (CUS)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Addresses of contributors xi
5. A. Introduction
6. 1. Contact-induced grammatical change: Diverse phenomena, diverse perspectives 3
7. B. Survey on grammaticalization and language contact in Slavic languages
8. 2. Assessing the range of contact-induced grammaticalization in Slavonic 67
9. C. General issues
10. 3. Anintegrative model ofgrammaticalization 159
11. 4. Processes of grammaticalisation and ‘borrowing the unborrowable’: Contact-induced change and the integration and grammaticalisation of borrowed terms for some core grammatical construction types 191
12. 5. Grammaticalization clines in space: Zooming in on synchronic traces of diffusion processes 233
13. D. Noun phrase
14. 6. The grammaticalization of an indefinite article in Slavic micro-languages 275
15. 7. On the grammaticalization of the definite article in Colloquial Upper Sorbian (CUS) 323
16. E. Modality and evidentiality
17. 8. The grammaticalization of evidential markersin Garifuna 357
18. 9. What is ‘contact-induced grammaticalization’? Examples from Mayan and Mixe-Zoquean languages 381
19. 10. The Yiddish modal system between Germanic and Slavonic. A case study on the limits of contact induced grammaticalization 427
20. 11. Modality in an areal context: The case of a Latgalian dialect 465
21. F. Tense-aspect and voice
22. 12. The Balkan perfects: Grammaticalization and contact 511
23. 13. The “recipient passive” in West Slavic: A calque from German and its grammaticalization 559
24. G. Clause linking and predication
25. 14. Conditional and reason clauses in Sierra Popoluca: The influence of Náhuatl and Spanish 591
26. 15. Verb serialization in northeast Europe: The case of Russian and its Finno-Ugric neighbours 611
27. Subject index 647
28. Language index 655
29. Author index 663