Demonstratives in interaction [[electronic resource] ] : the emergence of a definite article in Finnish / / Ritva Laury

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461432603321
• Autore: Laury Ritva
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1997
• ISBN: 1-283-42429-0; 9786613424297; 90-272-7581-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Collana: Studies in discourse and grammar, , 0928-8929 ; ; v. 7
• Disciplina: 494/.5415
• Soggetti: Finnish language - Demonstratives; Finnish language - Article - History; Finnish language - Pronoun; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-288) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: DEMONSTRATIVES IN INTERACTION THE EMERGENCE OF A DEFINITE ARTICLE IN FINNISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Objectives; 1.2. Orientation; 1.3. Organization; 1.4. Data; 1.4.1. The conversational corpus; 1.4.2. The narrative corpus; 1.4.2.1. Late 1800's narratives; 1.4.2.2. 1930's and 40's narratives; 1.4.2.3. Modern narratives; 1.4.3. The issue of comparability between groups of data; 1.5. Method of analysis; 1.5.1. Transcription; 1.5.2. Coding; 1.5.2.1. Noun phrase type; 1.5.2.2. Referent and number of mention; 1.5.2.3. Semantic Class 1.5.2.4. Identifiability and identiflability path; 1.5.2.5. Activation cost; 1.5.2.6. Discourse referentiality; 1.5.2.7. Case and grammatical role; 1.5.2.8. Word order; 1.6. Summary; Chapter 2. Deixis and identifiability; 2.1. Deixis and demonstratives; 2.2. Identifiability; Chapter 3. The Finnish demonstratives; 3.1. The demonstratives and their forms; 3.2. Previous studies of the Finnish demonstratives; 3.3. The Finnish demonstratives in use: A non-concrete view; 3.3.1. The use of demonstratives for referents present in the situation; 3.3.1.1. Tämä; 3.3.1.2. Tuo; 3.3.1.3 Se 3.3.2. Use of demonstratives for referents not present in the speech situation; 3.3.2.1. The discourse deictic use of demonstratives; 3.3.2.2. The use of demonstratives in introduction and tracking of referents; 3.4. The locative-adverbial forms of the demonstratives; 3.5. Summary; Chapter 4. The grammaticization of se as a marker of identifiability; 4.1. Se-marking in the narratives from the 1800's; 4.1.1. Se-marking and prominence; 4.1.2. Se-marking and activation cost; 4.1.2.1. Se-marking of noun phrases with accessible referents; 4.1.2.2. Se-marking of noun phrases with given referents 4.1.3. Grammatical role and se-marking; 4.1.4. Identifiability, discourse referentiality and se-marking; 4.1.5. Se-marking and semantic class; 4.1.6. Summary; 4.2. Se-marking in the narratives from the 1930's; 4.2.1. The frequency of se-marking; 4.2.2. Se-marking and activation cost; 4.2.3 Discourse prominence and se-marking; 4.2.4. Identifiability path and se-marking; 4.2.5. Grammatical function and se-marking; 4.2.6. Summary; 4.3. Se-marking in the modern data; 4.3.1. The frequency of se-marking; 4.3.2. Se-marking and prominence; 4.3.3. Se-marking and activation cost in the modern data 4.3.4. Se-marking and grammatical role; 4.3.6. What kinds of noun phrases are not se-marked in the modern data?; 4.4. Is se an article yet?; 4.5. About the role of external influence; 4.6. Conclusions; Notes; Notes to Chapter 1; Notes to Chapter 2; Notes to Chapter 3; Notes to Chapter 4; Appendix; Transcription symbols; Abbreviations; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book concerns one of the paradigm examples of grammaticalization, the development of a definite article from a demonstrative determiner. Although standard written Finnish has no articles, the demonstrative se is currently emerging as a definite article in spoken Finnish. This book describes and explains the developing use of se based on a database consisting of spoken narratives from three different periods spanning the last one hundred years.The author proposes that the development from demonstrative to article has its roots in the way that speakers ordinarily use dem