When secondary grammaticalization starts: a look from the constructional perspective  

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Smirnova, Elena

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 47 no. Part B (2015), page 215-228.
Topik: Constructionalization; Constructional changes; Context; Reanalysis; Divergence; Split
Fulltext: 47-Part-B_Smirnova.pdf (695.48KB)

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The paper argues in favor of the definition of secondary grammaticalization as a separate grammaticalization process. It is suggested that secondary grammaticalization should be restricted to its original conception presented in Givón (1991), and it is this idea of secondary grammaticalization that allows for some relevant empirical and theoretical insights. From a constructional point of view, a distinction between constructionalization and constructional changes is introduced, whereby a grammaticalization process is conceptualized as a sequence of constructionalization and specific constructional changes. The concept of constructionalization is relevant to detect the initiation of a change. Constructional changes that follow make sure that a new construction is involved in a grammaticalization process. Two case studies from German serve to illustrate the model. The discussion will show that, first, secondary grammaticalization may start from different points in an ongoing process of (primary, earlier) grammaticalization, and does not require this process to be completed. Second, it will be suggested that secondary grammaticalization, though displaying universal regularities, heavily hinges on language-dependent factors, as similar processes in different languages may not equally qualify as secondary grammaticalization

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