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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 365-390 |
| Journal | Linguistics : An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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In: Linguistics : An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2011, p. 365-390.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Pragmaticalization (defined) as grammaticalization of discourse functions
AU - Diewald, Gabriele
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The article discusses definitions of grammaticalization, pragmaticalization and (inter)subjectification in order to clarify the relations between these terms. While grammaticalization is defined as a functionally motivated, complex type of language change, (inter)subjectification is shown to be a specific type of semantic change. Pragmaticalization, finally, is argued to represent a subclass of grammaticalization, which displays essential core features of grammatical-ization processes, but is distinguished from other subtypes of grammaticaliza-tion processes by specific characteristic traits (concerning function and do-main as well as syntactic integration). This is demonstrated by a survey of the diachronic development of several modal particles in German (among them aber, eben, ruhig). The more general theoretical stance taken here is that the notion of grammar and hence grammaticalization has to be conceived broad enough in order to encompass this type of discourse functions.
AB - The article discusses definitions of grammaticalization, pragmaticalization and (inter)subjectification in order to clarify the relations between these terms. While grammaticalization is defined as a functionally motivated, complex type of language change, (inter)subjectification is shown to be a specific type of semantic change. Pragmaticalization, finally, is argued to represent a subclass of grammaticalization, which displays essential core features of grammatical-ization processes, but is distinguished from other subtypes of grammaticaliza-tion processes by specific characteristic traits (concerning function and do-main as well as syntactic integration). This is demonstrated by a survey of the diachronic development of several modal particles in German (among them aber, eben, ruhig). The more general theoretical stance taken here is that the notion of grammar and hence grammaticalization has to be conceived broad enough in order to encompass this type of discourse functions.
M3 - Article
VL - 49
SP - 365
EP - 390
JO - Linguistics : An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences
JF - Linguistics : An Interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences
SN - 1613-396X
IS - 2
ER -