Grammaticization, synchronic variation, and language contact: a study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions
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Beteilige Person: Torres Cacoullos, Rena (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam J. Benjamins ©2000
Schriftenreihe:Studies in language companion series v. 52
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index
GRAMMATICIZATION, SYNCHRONIC VARIATION, AND LANGUAGE CONTACT; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Formal reduction in grammaticization: Diachronic changes in the form of -ndo constructions; Chapter 3. Evidence for semantic reduction: Changing patterns of cooccurring locative and temporal expressions; Chapter 4. Frequency effects and layering in the domain of progressive aspect: The shifting semantic territory of -ndo constr; Chapter 5. From progressive to experiential habitual; Conclusion; References
This study of Old Spanish and present-day Mexico and New Mexico data develops a grammaticization account of variation in progressive constructions. Diachronic changes in cooccurrence patterns show that grammaticization involves reductive change driven by frequency increases. Formal reduction results in the emergence of auxilliary-plus-gerund sequences as fused units. Semantically, the constructions originate as spatial expressions; their grammaticization involves gradual loss of locative features of meaning. Semantic generalization among parallel evolutionary paths results in the competition a
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 252 pages)
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