Ket polysynthesis, grammaticalization, and lexicalization

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Contents VII
4. Contributors IX
5. Abbreviations XI
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I: Grammaticalization
8. Grammaticalization in Chinese – A cross-linguistic perspective 17
9. Establishing transphrastic relations: On the grammaticalization of demonstratives 55
10. From denotation to description: Noun-adjective and verb-adjective polysemy in Chinese 75
11. New insights on the historical evolution of differential object marking (DOM) in Chinese 101
12. An associated motion approach to northern Mandarin motion-cum-purpose patterns 131
13. Semantic extension in Old Chinese: Direction, transitivity, and voice 165
14. A new approach to the development of deontic markers: In Pre-Modern Chinese 191
15. A typology of non-clausal postpositioning in German dialects 231
16. Part II: Lexicalization
17. Ket polysynthesis, grammaticalization, and lexicalization 257
18. A lexical category in Shāng Chinese: V_controllable vs. V_{uncontrollable} 283
19. Non-specific degree: Chinese gradable adjectives 319
20. Compounding word-formation in Ahou Gelao 351
21. Subject Index 385
22. Language Index 391