Pathways of Change
Grammaticalization in English
Published on 13. November 2000
Book
Hardback
391 pages
978-1-55619-939-4 (ISBN)
Description
There is a continual growth of interest among linguists of all-theoretical denominations in grammaticalization, a concept central to many linguistic (change) theories. However, the discussion of grammaticalization processes has often suffered from a shortage of concrete empirical studies from one of the best-documented languages in the world, English. Pathways of Change contains discussion of new data and provides theoretical lead articles based on these data that will help sharpen the theoretical aspects involved, such as the definition and the logical connection of the component processes of grammaticalization. The volume is concentrated around a number of themes that are important or controversial in grammaticalization studies, such as the principle of unidirectionality, the relation between lexicalization and grammaticalization - and connected with these two factors the possibility of degrammaticalization - the way iconicity interweaves with grammaticalization processes, and with the phenomenon of grammaticalization on a synchronic or discourse level, also often termed subjectifization.
Reviews / Votes
Nearly all the paper published in this volume have in one way or another provided grounds for reevaluating the principle of unidirectionality of change which is often considered a basic feature of grammaticalizaiton. -- Agustinus Gianto, Pontifical Biblical Institute Rome, Language 79(1), 2003More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam/Philadelphia
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 154 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55619-939-4 (9781556199394)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1. Contributors; 2. Preface; 3. Introduction (by Fischer, Olga); 4. A lovely little example: Word order options and category shift in the premodifying string (by Adamson, Sylvia M.); 5. The grammaticalization of the verb 'pray' (by Akimoto, Minoji); 6. The grammaticalization of concessive markers in Early Modern English (by Chen, Guohua); 7. Combining English auxiliaries (by Denison, David); 8. Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable?: The case of to before the infinitive in English (by Fischer, Olga); 9. Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day American English (by Fitzmaurice, Susan); 10. The role of person and position in Old English (by Gelderen, Elly van); 11. Remarks on (uni)directionality (by Lass, Roger); 12. Soplice and witodlice: Discourse markers in Old English (by Lenker, Ursula); 13. Onginnan/beginnan with bare and to-infinitive in Aelfric (by Los, Bettelou); 14. Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English (by McColl Millar, Robert); 15. Parallelism vs. asymmetry: The case of English counterfactual conditionals (by Molencki, Rafal); 16. The grammaticalization of the present perfect in English: Tracks of change and continuity in a linguistic enclave (by Tagliamonte, Sali A.); 17. Grammaticalization versus lexicalization: 'Methinks' there is some confusion (by Wischer, Ilse); 18. Name index; 19. Subject index