Pragmaticalization : Language Change between Text and Grammar

Elena Graf

ISBN 10: 3110760894 / ISBN 13: 9783110760897

Published by De Gruyter, De Gruyter Mouton, 2024

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Neuware - The present volume is dedicated to the phenomenon of pragmaticalization in the context of the theory of grammaticalization. While, in recent decades, the growing interest in the analysis of pragmatic phenomena within grammaticalization research was triggered, amongst others, by studies in the field of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in language, we still lack a model for a broad understanding of how changes on the discourse level come about and face a lack of information which provides a conclusive theoretical framework to systematically record the emergence of an entire layer of discourse units in language. The book is one of the first comprehensive collections contributed to the topic of pragmaticalization, and includes empirical studies on a wide range of languages from diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Aiming to refine our understanding of pragmatic shifts which can be observed by several linguistic units, the contributions discuss such issues as pros and cons of the concept of pragmaticalization, the parameters of pragmaticalization, the emergence of discourse markers and constructions with various pragmatic functions, pathways of change, including the influence of language contact.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pragmaticalization : Language Change between Text and Grammar
• Publisher: De Gruyter, De Gruyter Mouton
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110760894
• ISBN 13: 9783110760897
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 238W x 165H x 25D millimeters 238 millimeters width by 165 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 709 grams

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Synopsis

The present volume is dedicated to the phenomenon of pragmaticalization in the context of the theory of grammaticalization. While, in recent decades, the growing interest in the analysis of pragmatic phenomena within grammaticalization research was triggered, amongst others, by studies in the field of subjectivity and intersubjectivity in language, we still lack a model for a broad understanding of how changes on the discourse level come about and face a lack of information which provides a conclusive theoretical framework to systematically record the emergence of an entire layer of discourse units in language. The book is one of the first comprehensive collections contributed to the topic of pragmaticalization, and includes empirical studies on a wide range of languages from diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Aiming to refine our understanding of pragmatic shifts which can be observed by several linguistic units, the contributions discuss such issues as pros and cons of the concept of pragmaticalization, the parameters of pragmaticalization, the emergence of discourse markers and constructions with various pragmatic functions, pathways of change, including the influence of language contact.

About the Author

Elena Graf & Ulrich Schweier, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.