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The diachrony of stance constructions with ‘no’ chance and ‘no’ wonder
Van linden, An
2020In Language Sciences, 82, p. 1-14
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Keywords :
Anaphoric adverbial; Disjunct adverbial; Epistemic qualifier; Mirative qualifier; Negation
Abstract :
[en] This paper starts from the functional and structural similarity of stance constructions with ‘no’ wonder and ‘no’ chance in Present-day English, and sets out to compare their diachronic development. Synchronically, these two ‘no’ + semiotic noun strings take part in the same formal types of grammatical stance construction, i.e. as main clauses, with the propositions in their scope coded as complement clauses, and as stance adverbials, with the propositions in their scope coded as independent clauses. Another similarity is that the clausal patterns show two types of use, i.e. lexical and grammatical use. While grammatical uses of ‘no’ wonder strings convey mirative qualification, those of ‘no’ chance strings express epistemic qualification. Study of corpus data reveals differences in the availability of structural types – within clausal and adverbial patterns – between the two strings studied, as well as in polarity preferences, which follow naturally from the differences observed in their respective diachronic development. While negative polarity triggered the development of grammatical – mirative – meaning in the ‘no’ wonder strings, it did not serve this role in the development of dynamic-epistemic (and later on purely epistemic) meaning in the chance data. This explains why wonder occurs predominantly with negative polarity in Present-day English, while no such preference is observed for chance. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
Research center :
Lilith - Liège, Literature, Linguistics - ULiège
Disciplines :
Languages & linguistics
Author, co-author :
Van linden, An  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de langues modernes : ling., litt. et trad. > Linguistique synchronique anglaise
Language :
English
Title :
The diachrony of stance constructions with ‘no’ chance and ‘no’ wonder
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Language Sciences
ISSN :
0388-0001
eISSN :
1873-5746
Publisher :
Elsevier Ltd
Special issue title :
Investigating stance in English: Synchrony and diachrony
Volume :
82
Pages :
1-14
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Negation and grammaticalization. The development of modal, polar and mirative meanings by expressions with ‘no’ need, ‘no’ wonder, ‘no’ chance, ‘no’ way
Funders :
KU Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven [BE]
ULiège - Université de Liège [BE]
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