The Grammaticalization of Give + Infinitive: A Comparative Study of Russian, Polish, and Czech
Ruprecht von Waldenfels
The study analyses the grammaticalization of 'give' with infinitive in causative and modal constructions in the closely related Slavic languages Russian, Polish and Czech. Drawing on extensive diachronic and synchronic corpus data, the study combines a detailed analysis of the current use of these constructions with a reconstruction of their development. 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.
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Year:
2012
Publisher:
Mouton de Gruyter
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
3110293692
ISBN 13:
9783110293692
Series:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 256
File:
PDF, 2.95 MB
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english, 2012