33.129, Books: Grammaticalization and Variation: Hober

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 11:12:12
From: Birgit Sievert [Birgit.Sievert at degruyter.com]
Subject: Grammaticalization and Variation: Hober

 


Title: Grammaticalization and Variation 
Subtitle: The Case of Mayan Motion Verbs 
Series Title: Studia Typologica  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   https://cloud.newsletter.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110728613/html 


Author: Nicole Hober

Electronic: ISBN:  9783110728613 Pages: 377 Price: U.S. $ 114.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9783110728507 Pages: 377 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

Grammaticalization research looks back on a rich history, but recent empirical
findings, as well as new insights from cognitive science and
psycholinguistics, entice researchers to reassess and review what we know
about the process. This book presents a detailed study of the
grammaticalization of motion verbs in the Mayan languages. The focus lies on
variation in the parallel grammaticalization of motion verbs into auxiliaries
and directionals. It is demonstrated that the genetically related and areally
close languages do not always grammaticalize source items in the same way -
both from a formal and meaning perspective. The empirical findings suggest
that traditional theories on grammaticalization do not capture the complex
nature of the phenomenon entirely. Therefore, a Network Approach to
grammaticalization is introduced which emphasizes a 'meaning-first' account.
The approach seeks to combine the conceptual with the discourse-pragmatic
while being firmly grounded in cognitive and psychological facts. New insights
into the grammaticalization behavior of the world's languages are offered,
while well-established notions and assumptions within the grammaticalization
research paradigm are reviewed and challenged.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Psycholinguistics

Language Family(ies): Mayan


Written In: English  (eng)

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