Corpus approaches to grammaticalization in English / / edited by Hans Lindquist, Christian Mair

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958204603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2004
• ISBN: 9786612254437; 9789027295484; 9027295484; 9781282254435; 128225443X; 9781423766353; 1423766350
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 pages)
• Collana: Studies in corpus linguistics, , 1388-0373 ; ; v. 13
• Altri autori (Persone): LindquistHans; MairChristian
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetti: English language - Discourse analysis; English language - Grammaticalization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Contains revised versions of five out of six papers presented at the international symposium ... organized by Hans Lindquist at V?axj?o University, Sweden, in 20-22 April 2001"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Corpus Approaches to Grammaticalization in English -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- References -- Three perspectives on grammaticalization -- Notes -- References -- Have to, gotta, must -- Notes -- References -- The semantic path from modality to aspect -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- The passival and the progressive passive -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- Corpus linguistics and grammaticalisation theory -- Notes -- Appendix: Statistical documentation for Figures 1 to 5 -- References -- Grammaticalisation from side to side -- Notes -- References -- Are low-frequency complex prepositions grammaticalized? -- Notes -- References -- Life after degrammaticalisation -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- Subject clitics in English -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- Name ; index -- Subject index -- The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.
• Sommario/riassunto: As a counterexample to unidirectionality in grammaticalization, Newmeyer (1998:270) cites the loss of second-person singular subject clitics, e.g., in hastou and wiltou, in 16th century English (Kroch et al. 1982). These forms are a common, albeit optional, feature of Middle English. Though full thou forms replace -tou/-tow clitics in Early Modern English, second-person plural enclitics, subject proclitics, and object enclitics attest to the continued viability of clisis. This paper argues that -tou/-tow is a reduced form, not a clitic, its disappearance being attributable to loss of a phonological rule, not decliticization. This change predates the replacement of thou by you, the non-expression of subjects in imperatives, and the spread of do in questions and is sudden rather than gradual.