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Construction Grammar as a tool for diachronic analysis
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SYSNO ASEP 0336976 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Ostatní články Title Construction Grammar as a tool for diachronic analysis Author(s) Fried, Mirjam (UJC-A) Source Title Constructions and Frames - ISSN 1876-1933
Roč. 1, č. 2 (2009), s. 262-291Number of pages 30 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords grammatical change ; gradualness of change ; internal reconstruction ; Construction Grammar Subject RIV AI - Linguistics CEZ AV0Z90610518 - UJC-A (2005-2011) DOI 10.1075/cf.1.2.04fri Annotation The study presents a discourse-grounded internal reconstruction that aims at capturing the emergence of grammatical structure. The empirical focus is the development of the subjective epistemic particle jestli ‘[in-my-opinion-] maybe’ in conversational Czech and the relevant change is presented as a metonymy-based conventionalization of a pragmatic meaning implied by certain tokens of indirect Y/N questions into a new modal meaning. Taking a Construction Grammar approach, the analysis shows that we can engage in a systematic treatment of the gradualness of change, by (i) combining the ‘holistic’ dimension with the internal, feature-based and discourse-motivated mechanisms of complex grammatical shifts, and (ii) appealing to the explanatory potential of general cognitive and communicative principles. Workplace The Czech Language Institute Contact Yvona Tesařová, tesarova@ujc.cas.cz, Tel.: 225 391 406 ; Marie Chybová, m.chybova@ujc.cas.cz, Tel.: 532 290 515 ; Helena Svobodová, knihovna.dial.brno@ujc.cas.cz, Tel.: 532 290 266 Year of Publishing 2010
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