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Studies in Language Companion Ser.: Grammaticalization of the Complex Sentence : A Case Study in Chadic by Zygmunt Frajzyngier (1996, Library Binding)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBenjamins Publishing Company, John
ISBN-101556198434
ISBN-139781556198434
eBay Product ID (ePID)448221
Product Key Features
Number of Pages519 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameGrammaticalization of the Complex Sentence : a Case Study in Chadic
SubjectAfrican Languages (See Also Swahili), Linguistics / General
Publication Year1996
TypeLanguage Course
AuthorZygmunt Frajzyngier
Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
SeriesStudies in Language Companion Ser.
FormatLibrary Binding
Dimensions
Item Weight37.4 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN96-012358
Dewey Edition20
Series Volume Number32
Dewey Decimal493/.7
SynopsisThe general objective of the study is systematic examination of the processes involved in the formation and evolution of complex sentence constructions in a group of genetically related languages. The Chadic language group, at about 140 languages, constitutes the largest and most diversified branch of the Afroasiatic family. One of the findings of the present work is that languages starting from the same base may develop quite different morphological and syntactic structures. With respect to issues of general linguistic interest, the book deals with motivations for grammaticalization: It is proposed that one of the most important motivations is satisfaction of the principle of well formedness, that is, that every element in an utterance must have its role transparent to the hearer either by inherent lexical properties or by grammatical means. In the present work both aspects of grammaticalization, viz. the emergence of grammatical constructions and the emergence of grammatical morphemes, are given equal weight. In addition to semantic metaphor and metonymy as mechanisms in the processes of grammaticalization, the present work develops the notion of semiotic metonymy, whereby a part of a sign performs the function of the sign. It is shown that semiotic metonymy plays an important role in the grammaticalization of grammatical morphemes and constructions into other morphemes and constructions. The book also shows that unindirectionality is not a governing principle with respect to the development of grammatical morphemes into other grammatical morphemes; rather, there is considerable evidence and theoretical justification for the bidirectionality principle.
LC Classification NumberPL8026.C53F7 1996
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