[RNLD] MLIP Tuesday 20th October: Lexical and grammatical meaning, and grammaticalisation (NAUGHTON'S)

[Ruth Singer]

*Announcement: Melbourne Linguistics in the Pub T**uesday 20th October*

*******PLEASE NOTE LIP IS AT NAUGHTON'S UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE*********************


Stefan Schnell, a new postdoc with the Centre of Excellence in the Dynamics
of Language at Melbourne Uni will be leading the discussion, please try and
do the recommended reading for this session if you can.

Topic: Lexical and grammatical meaning, and grammaticalisation

In modern linguistics, we generally take more or less for granted a
distinction between grammatical and lexical elements, based on differences
in the nature of their functions. Thus, “[…] the difference between lexical
and grammatical meaning forms an important part of the intuitive knowledge
that linguists use regularly, […]” (Bybee 1985:7). At the same time,
however, it is widely accepted that grammatical elements develop
diachronically from lexical elements, a process known as
“grammaticalisation” (see Lehmann 2002: 8-21). It is furthermore commonly
acknowledged that this process of grammaticalisation involves a loss in
semantic content or lexical meaning, although some scholars have stressed
the retention of particular semantic aspects of foremost lexical elements
in their grammatical derivates (Bybee et al 1995: 15-17).

In this month’s Linguistics in the Pub meeting we will discuss a recent
usage-based approach to the distinction between lexical and grammatical
meaning, and grammaticalisation, proposed by Boye & Harder (2012) who
characterise grammatical elements as ancillary and conventionally
non-prominent in discourse.

*Recommended reading*
Boye, Kasper & Peter Harder. 2012. A usage-based approach to grammatical
status and grammaticalization. Language 88.1, 1-44.

*References*
Bybee, Joan. 1985. Morphology. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Bybee, Joan & Revere Perkins & William Pagliuca. 1994. The evolution of
grammar: tense, aspect, modaility in the languages of the world. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press. (available as google book).
Lehmann, Christian. 22002. Thoughts on grammaticalization. LINCOM Europa:
Muenchen. pp 8-22, 33-37. Available at:
https://www.academia.edu/6220897/Thoughts_on_grammaticalization

Check RNLD MLIP page for recommended (to be uploaded shortly):
http://www.rnld.org/mlip


Date:             Tuesday 20th October
Time:             6:00 - 8:00 pm
Venue:           Function room (towards the rear, on the left)

Naughton's Parkville hotel (NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE DUE TO ONGOING RENOVATIONS)

43 Royal Parade
Parkville Melbourne Victoria (03) 9347 2255

Food and drinks available at the venue
 http://www.parkvillehotel.com.au/index.php/menu/

LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in
Melbourne and is coordinated by the MLIP committee: Ruth Singer (Melbourne
Uni), Harriet Sheppard, Jonathan Schlossberg, Alan Ray, Giordana
Santosuosso and Jonathon Lum (Monash Uni)

Contact Ruth Singer (University of Melbourne) with any questions:
rsinger at unimelb.edu.au
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Dr Ruth Singer
DECRA Postdoctoral Fellow
Linguistics Program and Research Unit for Indigenous Language
School of Languages and Linguistics
Faculty of Arts
University of Melbourne 3010
Tel. +61 3 90353774
http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer
http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/
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