Connecting Grammaticalisation
Author(s)
Nørgård-Sørensen, Jens
Heltoft, Lars
Schøsler, Lene
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
100366Language
EnglishAbstract
This monograph presents a view on grammaticalisation radically different from standard views centering around the cline of grammaticality. Grammar is seen as a complex sign system, and, as a consequence, grammatical change always comprises semantic change. What unites morphology, word order, constructional syntax and other grammatical subsystems is their paradigmatic organisation. The traditional concept of an inflexional paradigm is generalised as the structuring principle of grammar. Grammatical change involves paradigmatic restructuring, and in the process of grammatical change morphological, topological and constructional paradigms often connect to form complex paradigms. The book introduces the concept of connecting grammaticalisation to describe the formation, restructuring and dismantling of such complex paradigms. Drawing primarily on data from Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages, the book offers both a broad general discussion of theoretical issues and three case studies.
Keywords
Linguistics; Accusative case; Animacy; Dative case; Genitive case; Grammaticalization; Paradigm; Syntax; Verb; Word orderDOI
10.1075/sfsl.65ISBN
9789027284136OCN
768812942Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing CompanyPublisher website
https://benjamins.com/content/homePublication date and place
Amsterdam & Philadelphia, 2011-12-21Series
Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics,Classification
Grammar, syntax and morphology