A typological approach to grammaticalization and lexicalization East meets West

"Based on comparative analyses of diachronic data, the articles in this volume address both theoretical and methodological issues in the study of grammaticalization and lexicalization in both Eastern and Western languages. The central question raised and discussed in this volume is how, if any,...

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Other Authors: Xing, Janet Zhiqun (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 327.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Janet Zhiqun Xing Grammaticalization in Chinese - a cross-linguistic perspective Walter Bisang Establishing transphrastic relations: on the grammaticalization of demonstratives Ekkehard Koenig From denotation to description: noun-adjective and verb-adjective polysemy in Chinese Xiufang Dong New insights on the historical evolution of differential object marking (DOM) in Chinese Alain Peyraube, Thekla Wiebusch An associated motion approach to northern Mandarin motion-cum-purpose patterns Christine Lamarre Semantic extension on Old Chinese: direction, transitivity, and voice Janet Zhiquin Xing, Axel Schuessler A new approach to the development of deontic markers: in pre-modern Chinese Barbara Meisterernst A typology of non-clausal postpositioning in German dialects Shannon Dubenion-Smith Ket polysynthesis, grammaticalization, and lexicalization Edward Vaja A lexical category in Shāng Chinese: Vcontrollable vs. Vuncontrollable Ken-ichi Takashima Non-specific degree: Chinese gradable adjectives Chaofen Sun Compounding word-formation in Ahou Gelao Yancheng He, Fuxiang Wu