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Contexts and Inferences. The grammaticalization of the Later Egyptian Allative Future
Grossman, Eitan; Lescuyer, Guillaume; Polis, Stéphane
2014In Grossman, Eitan; Polis, Stéphane; Stauder, Andréas et al. (Eds.) On Forms and Functions: Studies in Ancient Egyptian Grammar
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Keywords :
Future; Allative; Grammaticalization; Context; Inference; Pragmatics; Semantics; Ancient Egyptian
Abstract :
[en] The goal of this paper is to describe the gradual emergence of an innovative future construction in the extant Late Egyptian and Demotic textual material and to discuss the grammaticalization of this construction down to Coptic, where it became a regular future form known as the “First Future” or “Future I”. We propose that, during the grammaticalization process, the selectional restrictions of the construction are relaxed due to the spread of speaker-oriented inferences. As a consequence, new types of subject and predicates can appear and innovative grammatical meanings associated with future time reference, e.g., prediction, become increasingly entrenched. In a final section, we briefly comment on the future cycles in Ancient Egyptian and propose that the comparative notion of allative future is not only useful for comparing specific patterns across languages, but also within a single language with a lengthy attested history.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Classical & oriental studies
Author, co-author :
Grossman, Eitan
Lescuyer, Guillaume ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Polis, Stéphane  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de l'antiquité > Egyptologie
Language :
English
Title :
Contexts and Inferences. The grammaticalization of the Later Egyptian Allative Future
Publication date :
2014
Main work title :
On Forms and Functions: Studies in Ancient Egyptian Grammar
Editor :
Grossman, Eitan
Polis, Stéphane  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Mondes anciens
Stauder, Andréas
Winand, Jean  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Mondes anciens
Publisher :
Widmaier Verlag, Hamburg, Germany
ISBN/EAN :
978-3-943955-15-6
Collection name :
Lingua Aegyptia - Studia Monographica 15
Pages :
87-136
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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