ISBN:
9789004463684
,
9004463682
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Brill's studies in historical linguistics volume 14
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Skrzypek, Dominika Diachrony of definiteness in north Germanic
Keywords:
Scandinavian languages Article
;
Danish language Article
;
Swedish language Article
;
Icelandic language Article
;
Historical linguistics
;
Historical linguistics
;
Scandinavian languages ; Article
;
Swedish language ; Article
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
;
Scandinavia
Abstract:
Front Matter --Preliminary Material /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Copyright Page /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Abbreviations /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Chapter 1 Introduction /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Chapter 2 Reference in Discourse and Models of Article Grammaticalization /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Chapter 3 Sources, Methods and Tools /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Chapter 4 The Diachrony of (In)definiteness-A Quantitative Study /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Chapter 5 Grammaticalization Models Revisited-A Qualitative Analysis /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Chapter 6 Discussion and Conclusions /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Back Matter --Sources /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jawors --References /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski --Index /Authors Dominika Skrzypek, Alicja Piotrowska, and Rafał Jaworski.
Abstract:
"This book is an account of the rise of definite and indefinite articles in Danish, Swedish and Icelandic, as documented in a choice of extant texts from 1200-1550. These three North Germanic languages show different development patterns in the rise of articles, despite the common origin, but each reveals interdependencies between the two processes. The matter is approached from both a quantitative and a qualitative perspective. The statistical analysis provides an improved overview on article grammaticalization, focusing on the factors at the basis of such process. The in-depth qualitative analysis of longer text passages places the crucial stage of the definite article grammaticalization with the so-called indirect anaphoric reference"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
