Grammaticization, synchronic variation, and language contact : a study of Spanish progressive -ndo constructions /
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...
| Основен автор: | Torres Cacoullos, Rena. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
℗♭2000.
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| Серия: |
Studies in language companion series ;
v. 52. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253459 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Grammaticization, synchronic variation, and language contact. |
| Резюме: |
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. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789027298706 902729870X 9781556199387 1556199384 9789027230553 9027230552 1282162934 9781282162938 |