The grammaticalization of "give" + infinitive [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative study of Russian, Polish, and Czech / / by Ruprecht von Waldenfels

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464734403321
• Autore: Waldenfels Ruprecht von
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-62865-1; 3-11-029377-3; 9786613941107
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (346 p.)
• Collana: Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; 256
• Classificazione: ES 460
• Disciplina: 491.80456
• Soggetti: Russian language - Grammaticalization; Polish language - Grammaticalization; Czech language - Grammaticalization; Contrastive linguistics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Heavily revised version of a dissertation defended at Regensburg University in 2009"--P. [v].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction, overview and theoretical framework -- Chapter 2. da(va)t+inf in Russian -- Chapter 3. da(va)t+inf in Polish -- Chapter 4. da(va)t+inf in Czech -- Chapter 5. Czech, Polish and Russian in parallel -- Chapter 6. da(va)t+inf in Old Church Slavonic and earlier stages of Polish and Czech -- Chapter 7. Conclusions and directions for further research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Verbs denoting 'to give' have developed grammatical meanings in many languages of the world. The present study analyses the grammaticalization of give in causative and modal constructions in the closely related Slavic languages Russian, Polish and Czech. Adopting a corpus driven approach, it takes departure from a detailed analysis of the use of these constructions in large reference corpora. This synchronic approach is supplemented by an analysis of the use of these constructions in Old Church Slavonic and by diachronic corpus-based ; accounts of the developments in Czech and Polish. The study provides thorough descriptions of the syntax and semantics of causative constructions, ranging from permissive (letting someone do something) and reflexive permissive (letting something be done to oneself) to factitive causative (having something done by someone). It traces the development and synchronic status of modals that have developed out of reflexive permissives in Polish and Czech. General issues discussed in the study include polarity sensitivity in causatives, types of causee coding, the emergence of non-agreeing diathesis structures in Polish and the role of language contact with German.