Hopper, paul and elizabeth traugott, grammaticalization. Grammaticalization, agreement and lexical splits roxanamaria barbu and ida toivonen, carleton university romanian direct objects allow what at. Greenberg 1991, giacalone ramat 1998 have argued that grammaticalization and exaptation are conflicting types of change, it is better to view them as essentially similar, but with different outcomes cf. Traugott in a number of publications, but perhaps most elaborately in traugott and dasher 2002 and hopper and traugott 2003, has stressed that if early grammaticalization is about reanalysis and if analogy is of lesser importance being mostly relevant to later secondary grammaticalization, then metonymy should hold a central mechanistic. State of the art grammaticalization research has in the last decade highlighted the notion of construction. Grammaticalization, constructions and the incremental. From hopper and traugotts book, some linguists believe that grammaticalisation could be understood as entering the grammar of a language, i. Grammaticalization cambridge textbooks in linguistics pdf. What is the difference between grammaticalization and. Huebler, axel the expressivity of grammar grammatical devices expressing emotion across time 1998. The authors of this article isare permitted to use this pdf file to generate. His publications include grammaticalization coauthored with elizabeth closs traugott, cambridge, 1993, a short course in grammar 1999, the limits of grammaticalization coedited with anna giacaloneramat, 1998 and frequency and the emergence of linguistic. From this perspective, grammaticalization is usually thought of as that subset of linguistic changes whereby a lexical item or construction in certain uses takes on. Grammaticalization, constructions and the incremental development.
Hence, the grammar is not a fixed and unchangeable system of rules, but a complex and dynamic entity that varies permanently. Hs gonnagoing to illustrates several facets typical of grammaticalization. Grammaticalization is often characterized as a transition or cline that includes the change from syntaxword to morphologyaffix as one segment. Cambridge core linguistic anthropology grammaticalization by paul j. The object can be expressed with a pronominal object clitic alone, as in 1, or with a nominal doubled by the clitic, as in 2. Paul hopper and elizabeth traugott synthesize research from several areas. The limits of grammaticalization anna giacalone ramat. To date, most synchronic evidence for this development comes from dialects where be going to represents a sizable proportion of the future temporal reference system. The study of grammaticalization raises a number of fundamental theoretical issues pertaining to the relation of langue and parole, creativity and automatic coding, synchrony and diachrony, categoriality and continua, typological characteristics and languagespecific forms, etc. Call for papers grammaticalization meets construction. If i look at the properties of the resulting file, tuyorial depth is set to zero even the free brain damaged 2d version of cambam is better.
However, in the united kingdom in the late twentieth century there were still dialects. According to hopper and traugott, grammaticalization is the process whereby a lexical item becomes grammatical or a grammatical item becomes even more grammatical 2008. Multiple correspondence and typological convergence in. The authors of the papers in this volume approach these important questions from a variety of data types, including historical texts, creoles, and a typologically. Grammaticalization by hopper, paul j and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I start with overviews of earlier characterizations of the relationship between constructions and gram. The oxford handbook of grammaticalization heiko narrog, bernd heine this book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. The english go future, a quintessential example of grammaticalization, has shown layering with will since at least 1490.
Grammaticalization second edition thi s is a general introduction to grammatical ization, the change whereby lexical t. In historical or diachronic linguistics, subjectification also known as subjectivization or subjectivisation is a language change process in which a linguistic expression acquires meanings that convey the speakers attitude or viewpoint. Lazycam tutorial pdf since lazycam is still in beta stage i dont think there is manual for it. Hopper, carnegie mellon university, pennsylvania, elizabeth closs traugott, stanford university, california. Pennsylvania, elizabeth closs traugott, stanford university, california. Second edition cambridge textbooks in linguistics by hopper, paul j abebooks. Grammaticalization, second edition request pdf researchgate. Toward a more restrictive characterization of grammaticalization i. Pragmaticalization defined as grammaticalization of. Tracking grammaticalization through synchronic contextual. This volume, which emerged from a workshop at the new reflections on grammaticalization 4 conference held at ku leuven in july 2008, contains a collection of papers which investigate the relationship between synchronic gradience and the apparent gradualness of linguistic change, largely. The oxford handbook of grammaticalization heiko narrog. John benjamins publishing company semantic scholar. The gradual coalescence into words in grammaticalization.
Baker professor of english and linguistics at carnegie mellon university. Is grammaticalization a unidirectional event, or can change occur in the reverse direction. Grammaticalization cambridge textbooks in linguistics kindle. Grammaticalization refers to the change whereby lexical terms and constructions serve grammatical functions in certain linguistic contexts and, once grammaticalized, continue to develop new grammatical functions. It is an important motor of grammaticalization in some approaches hopper and traugott 1993.
Grammaticalization cambridge textbooks in linguistics. The authors synthesize work from several areas of linguistics, including historical linguistics, discourse analysis, and pragmatics. Grammaticalization cambridge textbooks in linguistics kindle edition by paul j. The book is a lucid and highly readable discussion of. Hopper and elizabeth closs traugott, grammaticalization cambridge. Grammaticalization of a linguistic sign is a process in which it loses in autonomy by. As a term referring to a research framework, grammaticalization refers to. Paul hopper and elizabeth traugott synthesize research from several areas of linguistics in this revised introduction to the subject. The difference seems to be how you frame the concept. Beyond these procedural factors, the essence of grammaticalization is defined here by lehmann and others as follows. Asymmetric priming would elegantly explain why semantic change in grammaticalization tends to be unidirectional.
45 372 927 10 1572 452 389 808 1083 507 1502 1321 743 306 1542 525 127 320 1256 584 788 56 1551 676 909 209 759 1091 1242 533 646 370