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Deictification: the development of secondary deictic meanings by adjectives in the English NP
Davidse, Kristin; Breban, Tine; Van linden, An
2008In English Language and Linguistics, 12, p. 475-503
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Abstract :
[en] In this article we make a case for recognizing deictification as a type of grammaticalization and semantic shift in the NP analogous to auxiliarization in the VP. The specific analogy we point out is between lexical verbs that grammaticalize into secondary auxiliaries bound by the finite, as in is going to, has to + verb, and lexically full adjectives that grammaticalize into postdeterminers bound by the primary determiner, as in a different, the same + noun. We present five case studies of the development of postdeterminer meanings, based on the analysis of diachronic and synchronic data. The adjectives studied are opposite, complete, old, regular and necessary, whose postdeterminer uses relate to the basic deictic systems of space, quantity, time and modality. Our analysis of the data shows that the mechanism of secondary deictification can be given a unified characterization as the semantic shift by which a general relation expressed by the adjective is given a subjective reference point in or relative to the speech event.
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Davidse, Kristin;  Univ Leuven, FWO Flanders Res Fdn, Louvain, Belgium.
Breban, Tine;  Univ Leuven, FWO Flanders Res Fdn, Louvain, Belgium.
Van linden, An  ;  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - KUL
Language :
English
Title :
Deictification: the development of secondary deictic meanings by adjectives in the English NP
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
English Language and Linguistics
ISSN :
1360-6743
eISSN :
1469-4379
Publisher :
Cambridge Univ Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Volume :
12
Pages :
475-503
Peer reviewed :
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