Auxiliaries : cognitive forces and grammaticalization

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Auxiliaries : cognitive forces and grammaticalization

Responsibility	Bernd Heine
Material Type	Book
Publisher	New York : Oxford University Press
Year	1993
Language	English
Size	x, 162 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Abstract	Offering a new perspective on auxiliaries in particular and language structure in general, this study argues that language cannot be explained satisfactorily with reference to linguistic variables alo...e; what is required in addition are extra-linguistic parameters relating to how we perceive the world around us, and how we utilize the linguistic resources available to us to conceptualize our experiences, and to communicate successfully. Rather than a closed, self-contained system, language is an entity that is constantly shaped by such external factors as cognitive forces, pragmatic manipulation, history, etc. These factors are responsible for the emergence of chain-like linguistic structures, and auxiliaries are typical examples of such structures, which Heine describes as grammaticalization chains. A limited number of concrete event schemas are discussed and these schemas are shown to be responsible for much of the linguistic diversity that auxiliary constructions exhibit in the languages of the world. show more

Notes	Bibliography: p. 137-150 Includes indexes
Authors	*Heine, Bernd, 1939-
Subjects	LCSH:Grammar, Comparative and general -- Auxiliaries All Subject Search LCSH:Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization All Subject Search
Classification	LCC:P281 DC20:415 NDC8:801.5
ID	1000065627
ISBN	0195083873
NCID	BA20916405
Vol	ISBN:0195083873
Created Date	2009.09.10
Modified Date	2009.09.10