Unity and Diversity in Grammaticalization Scenarios
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Unity and Diversity in Grammaticalization Scenarios

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Unity and Diversity in Grammaticalization Scenarios

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The volume contains a selection of papers originally presented at the symposium on "Areal patterns of grammaticalization and cross-linguistic variation in grammaticalization scenarios" held on 12-14 March 2015 at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The papers, written by leading scholars combining expertise in historical linguistics and grammaticalization research, study variation in grammaticalization scenarios in a variety of language families (Slavic, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman, Bantu, Mande, "Khoisan", Siouan, and Mayan). The volume stands out in the vast literature on grammaticalization by focusing on variation in grammaticalization scenarios and areal patterns in grammaticalization. Apart from documenting new grammaticalization paths, the volume makes a methodological contribution as it addresses an important question of how to reconcile universal outcomes of grammaticalization processes with the fact that the input to these processes is language-specific and construction-specific.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. PrefaceWalter Bisang & Andrej Malchukov
  3. 1 Back again to the future: How to account for directionality in grammatical changeBernd Heine, Tania Kuteva & Heiko Narrog
  4. 2 The origin of comitative adverbs in JaphugGuillaume Jacques
  5. 3 Copulas originating from the imperative of ‘see/look’ verbs in Mande languagesDenis Creissels
  6. 4 Multiple argument marking in Bantoid: From syntheticity to analyticityLarry M. Hyman
  7. 5 Grammaticalization of participles and gerunds in Indo-Aryan: Preterite, future, infinitiveAnnie Montaut
  8. 6 On the grammaticalization of demonstratives in Hoocąk and other Siouan languagesJohannes Helmbrecht
  9. 7 Grammaticalization of tense/aspect/mood marking in Yucatec MayaChristian Lehmann
  10. 8 Diachrony and typology of Slavic aspect: What does morphology tell us?Björn Wiemer & Ilja A. Seržant
  11. Indexes