4 Maximizing the data-drivenness of grammaticalization research
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Lauren Fonteyn
Abstract
This paper looks into the grammaticalization of to death from a resultative phrase into an intensifying expression, by describing the process in terms of changes in compositionality, productivity and schematicity and subsequently outlining a procedure in which the investigation of changes along these parameters is approached in a ‘maximally data-driven’ way. By doing so, we show that functionalsemantic explorations of grammaticalization need not be at odds with a radically data-driven, ‘hands-off’, quantitative methodology. Yet, at the same time, we acknowledge that there are still some limitations associated with ‘hands-off’ functional- semantic analysis, and argue that, to determine its reliability, it will prove valuable to extensively revisit known cases of grammaticalization.
Abstract
This paper looks into the grammaticalization of to death from a resultative phrase into an intensifying expression, by describing the process in terms of changes in compositionality, productivity and schematicity and subsequently outlining a procedure in which the investigation of changes along these parameters is approached in a ‘maximally data-driven’ way. By doing so, we show that functionalsemantic explorations of grammaticalization need not be at odds with a radically data-driven, ‘hands-off’, quantitative methodology. Yet, at the same time, we acknowledge that there are still some limitations associated with ‘hands-off’ functional- semantic analysis, and argue that, to determine its reliability, it will prove valuable to extensively revisit known cases of grammaticalization.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1 General introduction 1
- 2 Looking at grammaticalization from the perspective of short-time changes in real time 19
- 3 A quantum of salience 47
- 4 Maximizing the data-drivenness of grammaticalization research 79
- 5 From chance to epistemic possibility 109
- 6 The structured nature of prepositional meaning 135
- 7 Competition in antagonistic verb complementation 159
- 8 Promoting and inhibiting forces at work 189
- 9 Making interpretation redundant 215
- 10 Straddling a syntactic divide 253
- 11 The development of prose style in English horse manuals 277
- Index 305
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- 1 General introduction 1
- 2 Looking at grammaticalization from the perspective of short-time changes in real time 19
- 3 A quantum of salience 47
- 4 Maximizing the data-drivenness of grammaticalization research 79
- 5 From chance to epistemic possibility 109
- 6 The structured nature of prepositional meaning 135
- 7 Competition in antagonistic verb complementation 159
- 8 Promoting and inhibiting forces at work 189
- 9 Making interpretation redundant 215
- 10 Straddling a syntactic divide 253
- 11 The development of prose style in English horse manuals 277
- Index 305
