Grammaticalization Models Revisited—A Qualitative Analysis
Abstrak
In the previous chapter we reported the results of a quantitative study of the rise of definite and indefinite articles in North Germanic. While the statistical data give us some picture of the grammaticalization processes—for instance, demonstrating that the grammaticalization of the definite article began with topicalized discourse referents—a qualitative analysis of the corpus is needed to elaborate on and clarify the picture. In the present chapter we will therefore return to the models of grammaticalizations of both articles which were presented in Chapter 1. We begin with a discussion of the model of grammaticalization of the definite article, and its limitations, with particular attention to the developments from one stage to the next, in particular the unclear path from direct to indirect anaphora as well as from indirect anaphora to larger situation use. We argue that these steps can be explained in terms of referent accessibility, and will give examples to support our claims.We then turn to the model of grammaticalization of the indefinite article and its applications. A proposal encompassing both models will be discussed in 5.5.
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2021
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1163/9789004463684_006
- Akses
- Open Access ✓