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The Grammaticalization of the Discourse Marker genre in Swiss French
By conducting an apparent-time analysis of the OFROM corpus collected in Francophone Switzerland, this study examined the use of genre as discourse marker in the speech of 306 French L1 speakers.
Delin Deng
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Língua falada e gramaticalização
Under the assumption of the modularity of language, I propose discoursivization, semanticalization and grammaticalization as constitutive processes of spoken language.
Ataliba T. de Castilho
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Areal diffusion and the limits of grammaticalization: an Amazonian perspective
Intensive contact brings about diffusion of grammatical categories. Grammaticalization of lexical items is one of the mechanisms at play as languages converge and new categories develop. In a situation of intensive contact-induced change, the forms to be
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. +2 more
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The Grammaticalization of Modal Verbs in Brazilian Portuguese: A Synchronic Approach
This paper analyzes the grammaticalization of modal verbs in Brazilian Portuguese from a synchronic perspective. It takes as its point of departure the hypothesis that grammaticalization is a process in which linguistic elements widen their scope.
Kees Hengeveld +1 more
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Grammaticalization in the languages of Europe
The Eurocentric bias in most linguistic research makes it difficult to determine what is peculiar to grammaticalization in Europe. Typological profiles can be established, if not for Europe as a whole, at least for parts of it, in particular for what ...
Östen Dahl, Dahl, Östen,
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W poszukiwaniu kontinuum gramatyki i leksyki: przykład gramatykalizacji
In Search of the Continuum of Grammar and Lexis: An Example of Grammaticalization We refer to the phenomenon of grammaticalization, and ask the question whether it is justified to talk about the continuum of grammar and lexis in language, and if it is,
Przemysław Łozowski
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On the Grammaticalization of Two Types of "ki" in Turkic
This article outlines various grammaticalization paths of the two types of the Turkic particle ki: the modal particle ki and the copied junctor ki. The element ki has been employed in Turkic languages in all documented historical periods, serving various
Eva Agnes Csato, Lars Johanson
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Storage as a way to grammaticalization
This paper explores the possible contribution of various types of storage to grammaticalization processes, and the description of such processes by means of Construction Grammar(s) (CxG). The grammaticalization processes of French pas and certain complex
Rostila, Jouni
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The grammaticalization of K(case): grammaticalization and 'lateral' grammaticalization
This paper considers the genesis of case markers (K(case)), a functional category hitherto unanalysed in formal (Minimalist) analyses of grammaticalization (Roberts and Roussou (2003), van Gelderen (2004, 2011)), and new proposals are made not only with regards to their diachronic genesis but also to their synchronic and typological status in Case ...
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Grammaticalization: The Phoenix of Modern Linguistics?
We describe the emergence and evolution of grammaticalization—as term and concept —in the 19th and 20th centuries. We analyze Meillet’s use of the concept of grammaticalization against the backdrop of other important figures (e.g. Bopp, Vossler, Spitzer),
Benjamin Fagard, Jean-Michel Fortis
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