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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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=253459 |
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Grammaticization, synchronic variation, and language contact. |
Съдържание:
- 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.