Eckhoff Old Russian Possessive Constructions

A Construction Grammar Approach
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-11-025504-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 237, 228 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

This book is a detailed study of the possessive semantic space within the framework of construction grammar. Using corpus data from Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian, the book uses semantic maps to document the relationship between form and meaning in a set of semantically closely related syntactic constructions that can all express adnominal possession and all partially overlap. The book also traces the development of these constructions from the earliest Slavic attestations towards Modern Russian, thus also using the semantic maps as a diachronic tool. This approach results in a much improved analysis of the data at hand: The competing possessive constructions are treated as partly synonymous constructions in the same semantic space. Changes are then seen to follow paths in this space. The constructionist perspective also allows discerning the relative contributions of the possessor nominal, the possessee nominal and properties of the constructions themselves. The book is a contribution to Slavic historical linguistics, to the general understanding of adnominal possession and to forwarding functionalist approaches to syntactic change.

Zielgruppe

Researchers working on Slavic Historical Syntax, Possessives, Historical Syntax in general, Cognitive Grammar, Construction Grammar

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eckhoff, Hanne Martine

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;9
2;List of abbreviations;11
3;1 Introduction;13
3.1;1 Possession and its neighbours;13
3.2;2 The case study;13
3.2.1;2.1 Earlier approaches;14
3.2.2;2.2 The text samples;17
3.3;3 Why construction grammar?;18
3.4;4 Semantic maps;20
3.5;5 A path through the book;21
4;2 A map of the possessive semantic space;23
4.1;1 Where does the meaning come from?;23
4.2;2 Relational nouns and slot fillers;24
4.2.1;2.1 Deverbal nouns;26
4.2.2;2.2 Other relational nouns;27
4.3;3 Construction meaning: reference points and intrinsic relationships;29
4.4;4 The nodes;31
4.4.1;4.1 Identification (ID and ID(slot)): Reference points on instance level;32
4.4.2;4.2 TYPE: Reference points on type level;33
4.4.3;4.3 LABEL: Strongly conventionalised constructions;34
4.4.4;4.4 Elaboration of relational nouns: ELAB(slot) and ELAB(part);35
4.4.5;4.5 Elaboration of non-relational nouns (ELAB);37
4.5;5 Meaning to form or form to meaning;38
4.6;6 Semantic maps;38
4.6.1;6.1 What does a semantic map show us?;38
4.6.2;6.2 Drawing vs. generation;39
4.6.3;6.3 A correspondence analysis plot;40
4.7;7 The working map;42
5;3 The constructions in Old Russian;47
5.1;1 Denominal adjectives;47
5.1.1;1.1 ADJ1: “True possessives”;48
5.1.2;1.2 ADJ2: “Relative” adjectives;51
5.2;2 The genitive;53
5.3;3 The dative;58
5.4;4 Mixed constructions;61
5.5;5 OCS and Old Russian;61
5.6;6 Summary;63
6;4 ID: Reference points on instance level;65
6.1;1 OCS;65
6.1.1;1.1 ID;65
6.1.2;1.2 ID(slot);71
6.2;2 11th–14th century Old Russian;80
6.2.1;2.1 ID;80
6.2.2;2.2 ID(slot);86
6.3;3 Further developments in the history of Russian;93
6.3.1;3.1 The ADJ1 construction;94
6.3.2;3.2 The ADJ2 construction;97
6.3.3;3.3 The genitive constructions;99
6.3.4;3.4 The dative construction;101
6.3.5;3.5 Mixed constructions;101
6.3.6;3.6 A snapshot of the 18th century: When did the genitive start expanding?;103
7;5 The ELAB nodes: Intrinsic relationships;105
7.1;1 Reference points or not?;105
7.2;2 ELAB(slot);107
7.2.1;2.1 OCS;107
7.2.2;2.2 11th–14th century Old Russian;116
7.2.3;2.3 Further developments in the history of Russian;123
7.3;3 ELAB(part);127
7.3.1;3.1 ELAB(part) in OCS and 11th–14th century Old Russian;127
7.3.2;3.2 Further developments in the history of Russian;129
7.4;4 ELAB;130
7.4.1;4.1 ELAB in OCS and 11th–14th century Old Russian;130
7.4.2;4.2 Further developments in the history of Russian;138
7.5;5 Conclusions;142
8;6 Types and conventionalised units: TYPE and LABEL;143
8.1;1 TYPE;143
8.1.1;1.1 TYPE in OCS and 11th–14th century Old Russian;144
8.1.2;1.2 Borderline cases;146
8.1.3;1.3 Further developments in the history of Russian;146
8.2;2 LABEL;147
8.2.1;2.1 OCS;148
8.2.2;2.2 11th–14th century Old Russian;152
8.2.3;2.3 Further developments in the history of Russian;156
8.3;3 Conclusions;160
9;7 Synchrony and diachrony;163
9.1;1 Synchrony: Division of labour vs. complementary distribution;163
9.1.1;1.1 Complementary distribution?;164
9.1.2;1.2 Division of labour;165
9.1.3;1.3 Map and territory;167
9.2;2 Diachrony;168
9.2.1;2.1 OCS vs. Old Russian;168
9.2.2;2.2 Development trends;169
9.2.3;2.3 The demise of the dative construction;170
9.2.4;2.4 The withdrawal of the ADJ2 construction;173
9.2.5;2.5 The weakening of the ADJ1 construction;174
9.2.6;2.6 From two genitive constructions to one?;180
9.2.7;2.7 A brief note on origins and causes;183
9.2.8;2.8 Diachronic paths;185
10;8 Concluding remarks;191
11;Appendix: Corpus and method;193
11.1;1 Text selection principles;193
11.1.1;1.1 Fair representation of each period;193
11.1.2;1.2 Geography;194
11.1.3;1.3 Literary genres;194
11.1.4;1.4 Text editions and manuscripts;194
11.1.5;1.5 Late copies of early manuscripts;195
11.2;2 The Old Russian text samples;197
11.2.1;2.1 Text genres;197
11.2.2;2.2 Periodisation of Old Russian texts;198
11.3;3 The OCS text sample;199
11.4;4 Excerpation, data registration and citation;200
11.5;5 Text excerpts;202
11.5.1;5.1 Old Russian;202
11.5.2;5.2 OCS;207
12;Notes;209
13;References;217
14;Index;225

Über Autor(innen)

Hanne Martine Eckhoff, University of Oslo, Norway.