Waldenfels The Grammaticalization of 'Give' + Infinitive

A Comparative Study of Russian, Polish, and Czech
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-029377-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 256, 346 Seiten

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

Verbs denoting 'to give' have developed grammatical meanings in many languages of the world. The present study analyses the grammaticalization of give in causative and modal constructions in the closely related Slavic languages Russian, Polish and Czech.
Adopting a corpus driven approach, it takes departure from a detailed analysis of the use of these constructions in large reference corpora. This synchronic approach is supplemented by an analysis of the use of these constructions in Old Church Slavonic and by diachronic corpus-based accounts of the developments in Czech and Polish.
The study provides thorough descriptions of the syntax and semantics of causative constructions, ranging from permissive (letting someone do something) and reflexive permissive (letting something be done to oneself) to factitive causative (having something done by someone). It traces the development and synchronic status of modals that have developed out of reflexive permissives in Polish and Czech. General issues discussed in the study include polarity sensitivity in causatives, types of causee coding, the emergence of non-agreeing diathesis structures in Polish and the role of language contact with German.

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students with an Interest in the Field of Slavic Languages

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waldenfels, Ruprecht

Waldenfels, Ruprecht von

Fachgebiete

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;5
2;Conventions;7
3;1 Introduction, overview and theoretical framework;13
3.1;1.1 Introduction;13
3.1.1;1.1.1 Give with an infinitive in Russian, Polish and Czech;13
3.1.2;1.1.2 Overview and structure of the study;15
3.2;1.2 Grammaticalization studies;17
3.3;1.3 Causatives;26
3.3.1;1.3.1 Definitions and basic notions;26
3.3.2;1.3.2 Permissive (‘letting’) causation;28
3.3.3;1.3.3 Curative factitive (‘having’) causation;30
3.3.4;1.3.4 Causative domains: from interpersonal to cognitive;31
3.3.5;1.3.5 Causee coding: Type I and Type II causatives;33
3.4;1.4 Modals and causatives;39
3.4.1;1.4.1 Modal domains in causation;41
3.4.2;1.4.2 Negation with modals and causatives;44
3.4.2.1;1.4.2.1 Types of negation and informativity;44
3.4.2.2;1.4.2.2 Modals and causatives on the square of oppositions;45
3.4.3;1.4.3 Conclusions;51
4;2 da(va)t+inf in Russian;53
4.1;2.1 Introduction;53
4.1.1;2.1.1 Syntactic constructions;53
4.1.2;2.1.2 Material & Method;55
4.1.3;2.1.3 Prior research;58
4.2;2.2 Semasiological description of permissive da(va)t in Russian;64
4.2.1;2.2.1 Overview;65
4.2.2;2.2.2 Interpersonal causation;66
4.2.2.1;2.2.2.1 Profiles of usage;66
4.2.2.2;2.2.2.2 Semantic description;71
4.2.2.3;2.2.2.3 Polarity related meanings: negative causation;77
4.2.3;2.2.3 Manipulative causation;83
4.2.3.1;2.2.3.1 Profiles of usage;83
4.2.3.2;2.2.3.2 Semantic analyis;87
4.2.4;2.2.4 Impersonal causation;90
4.2.5;2.2.5 Conclusions: permissive da(va)t in three domains;96
4.2.6;2.2.6 Specific issues in the analysis of the permissive;97
4.2.6.1;2.2.6.1 Why is the perfective imperative daj! so frequent?;97
4.2.6.2;2.2.6.2 Reflexive permissives;105
4.2.6.3;2.2.6.3 Evidence for auxiliarization as event integration;113
4.2.7;2.2.7 Further constructions types;115
4.2.7.1;2.2.7.1 ‘Letting you know’: cognitive and perception verbs;115
4.2.7.2;2.2.7.2 Impersonal passive da(va)t plus infinitive;121
4.2.7.3;2.2.7.3 Secondary predication and referential use of infinitives;122
4.2.8;2.2.8 Summary;124
5;3 da(va)t+inf in Polish;125
5.1;3.1 Introduction;125
5.1.1;3.1.1 Syntactic types;125
5.1.2;3.1.2 Prior research;126
5.1.3;3.1.3 Material & Method;126
5.2;3.2 Permissive da(va)t in Polish;131
5.2.1;3.2.1 Overview: reflexive and non-reflexive;131
5.2.2;3.2.2 Usage profiles;132
5.2.3;3.2.3 Non-reflexive permissive;137
5.2.4;3.2.4 Reflexive permissive;141
5.2.4.1;3.2.4.1 The causee phrase;146
5.2.4.2;3.2.4.2 Prepositional (type II) causees;150
5.2.4.3;3.2.4.3 The causee with dative reflexives;152
5.2.4.4;3.2.4.4 Conclusions: form and function of the causee phrase;155
5.2.5;3.2.5 Summary;156
5.3;3.3 Factitive da(va)t;156
5.3.1;3.3.1 Curative causation;156
5.3.2;3.3.2 Other types of factitive causation;159
5.3.3;3.3.3 Ambiguous permissive/factitive causation;159
5.3.4;3.3.4 Summary;161
5.4;3.4 Passive da(va)t plus infinitive;161
5.5;3.5 Cognitive and perception verbs;162
5.6;3.6 The modal passive;165
5.6.1;3.6.1 Types of the modal passive;165
5.6.2;3.6.2 Modal passive constructions and the reflexive permissive;174
5.6.3;3.6.3 Usage profiles;179
5.6.4;3.6.4 The aspect of dac sie in subjectless MPs;183
5.6.4.1;3.6.4.1 Morphological criteria;186
5.6.4.2;3.6.4.2 Contextual criteria;190
5.6.4.3;3.6.4.3 Conclusions concerning the aspect of dac sie;194
5.6.5;3.6.5 Conclusions: different degrees of grammaticalization;196
5.7;3.7 Summary;197
6;4 da(va)t+inf in Czech;199
6.1;4.1 Introduction;199
6.1.1;4.1.1 Overview and prior research;199
6.1.2;4.1.2 Competition in causation: nech(áv)at with infinitive;200
6.1.3;4.1.3 Syntactic types;201
6.1.4;4.1.4 Data & annotation;202
6.2;4.2 Causative;205
6.2.1;4.2.1 Overview;205
6.2.2;4.2.2 Non-reflexive permissive;205
6.2.3;4.2.3 Reflexive permissive;208
6.2.3.1;4.2.3.1 Accusative reflexive;208
6.2.3.2;4.2.3.2 Dative and other reflexives;213
6.2.3.3;4.2.3.3 Comparison to nech(áv)at;216
6.2.3.4;4.2.3.4 Conclusions: permissive causation;219
6.2.4;4.2.4 Factitive;219
6.2.4.1;4.2.4.1 Curative and other interpersonal factitive;220
6.2.4.2;4.2.4.2 Manipulative and impersonal;228
6.2.4.3;4.2.4.3 Conclusions;229
6.2.5;4.2.5 Cognitive causation;230
6.2.6;4.2.6 Conclusions: causative dá(va)t;233
6.3;4.3 Modal passive;234
6.3.1;4.3.1 Overview;234
6.3.2;4.3.2 Agreeing and non-agreeing construction;237
6.3.3;4.3.3 Further characteristics;240
6.3.4;4.3.4 Conclusions: modal passive;242
6.4;4.4 Residual types;243
6.5;4.5 Summary and conclusions;244
7;5 Czech, Polish and Russian in parallel;245
7.1;5.1 Introduction;245
7.1.1;5.1.1 The permissive;247
7.1.2;5.1.2 The factitive;250
7.1.3;5.1.3 The modal passive;251
7.1.4;5.1.4 Conclusions;253
8;6 da(va)t+inf in OCS and earlier stages of Polish and Czech;255
8.1;6.1 Overview;255
8.2;6.2 da(va)t+inf in Old Curch Slavonie;255
8.3;6.3 A side glance at da(va)t+inf in Russian;260
8.4;6.4 da(va)t+inf in Czech;262
8.4.1;6.4.1 Permissive and factitive;262
8.4.2;6.4.2 The development of type II causees;269
8.4.3;6.4.3 The modal passive;273
8.5;6.5 da(va)t+inf in Polish;277
8.5.1;6.5.1 Permissive and reflexive permissive;282
8.5.2;6.5.2 Factitive causation;283
8.5.3;6.5.3 The modal passive;284
8.6;6.6 Conclusions;289
9;7 Conclusions and directions for further research;291
9.1;7.1 Overview;291
9.2;7.2 Developments of da(va)t+inf;292
9.2.1;7.2.1 General remarks;292
9.2.2;7.2.2 From give to permissive;293
9.2.3;7.2.3 From permissive to reflexive permissive;296
9.2.4;7.2.4 Factitive: from give or from the permissive?;298
9.2.5;7.2.5 By-phrases: causatives as diathesis constructions;301
9.2.6;7.2.6 From reflexive permissive to agreeing modal passive;308
9.2.7;7.2.7 From agreeing to subjectless modal passives;313
9.3;7.3 Directions for further research;315
10;Notes;317
11;Bibliography;327
12;Index;343

Über Autor(innen)

Waldenfels, Ruprecht
Ruprecht von Waldenfels, University of Bern, Switzerland.