Grammaticalization processes in the languages of South Asia

This chapter describes grammaticalization patterns in a broad selection of languages of South Asia, a multilingual region of the world known to constitute a linguistic area in which unrelated languages demonstrate evidence of linguistic convergence. In addition to presenting representative examples...

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Main Author: Coupe, Alexander R.
Other Authors: Narrog, Heiko
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Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1463162023-03-11T20:04:33Z Grammaticalization processes in the languages of South Asia Coupe, Alexander R. Narrog, Heiko School of Humanities Humanities::Linguistics Grammaticalization Case Marking This chapter describes grammaticalization patterns in a broad selection of languages of South Asia, a multilingual region of the world known to constitute a linguistic area in which unrelated languages demonstrate evidence of linguistic convergence. In addition to presenting representative examples of grammaticalization, the chapter specifically considers whether widely recurring patterns in unrelated languages could be induced by language contact. The investigation finds robust evidence for the transfer of seemingly identical cognitive schemas across the genetic boundaries of languages in contact. These target morphemes or constructions with identical meanings in unrelated languages, and they produce grammaticalization outcomes that are not attested in related languages located outside South Asia. Such replicated patterns must cater to a multilingual community’s communicative needs, while at the same time reducing the cognitive burden imposed by multilingualism in a linguistic area. Published version 2021-02-09T05:32:29Z 2021-02-09T05:32:29Z 2018 Book Chapter Coupe, A. R. (2018). Grammaticalization processes in the languages of South Asia. In H. Narrog, & B. Heine (Eds.), Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective (pp. 189-218). doi:10.1093/oso/9780198795841.003.0010 978-0-19-879584-1 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146316 10.1093/oso/9780198795841.003.0010 189 218 en Heine, Bernd © 2018 Alexander R. Coupe. First published 2018 by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. application/pdf Oxford University Press
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Grammaticalization processes in the languages of South Asia
description This chapter describes grammaticalization patterns in a broad selection of languages of South Asia, a multilingual region of the world known to constitute a linguistic area in which unrelated languages demonstrate evidence of linguistic convergence. In addition to presenting representative examples of grammaticalization, the chapter specifically considers whether widely recurring patterns in unrelated languages could be induced by language contact. The investigation finds robust evidence for the transfer of seemingly identical cognitive schemas across the genetic boundaries of languages in contact. These target morphemes or constructions with identical meanings in unrelated languages, and they produce grammaticalization outcomes that are not attested in related languages located outside South Asia. Such replicated patterns must cater to a multilingual community’s communicative needs, while at the same time reducing the cognitive burden imposed by multilingualism in a linguistic area.
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