The Diachronic Development of Modal Expres...

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The present study is the first to apply a syntactic approach to the grammaticalization of Chinese modals, based on hypotheses on cross-linguistic diachronic developments of modals from lexical to functional categories as upward movement on a functional spine. The temporal framework of the study covers Late Archaic and Middle Chinese. Early Middle Chinese is a crucial turning point for the development of Chinese from a more synthetic to a more analytic language. This change is attributed e.g. to the loss of a former morphology, which also affects the modal system. Against this background, the negative cycle of Chinese, the relevance of polarity contexts, and the development of a new system of deontic, epistemic and future markers are analyzed.

In addition to a comprehensive analysis of the syntactic processes involved in the diachronic changes of the Chinese modal system, the study also provides a comparison with the syntax of grammaticalization of the thoroughly discussed Germanic modals. This constitutes a broad basis for further analyses of the changes in the Chinese language during its long written history, but also for cross-linguistic studies on the syntax of grammaticalization and on linguistic universals.

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Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	XIII 372 S. 2 s/w Illustr. 13 s/w Tab.
ISBN-13:	9783110737783
ISBN-10:	3110737787
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Meisterernst, Barbara
Auflage:	1/2024
Hersteller:	De Gruyter Mouton
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, D-10785 Berlin, productsafety@degruyterbrill.com
Maße:	24 x 162 x 233 mm
Von/Mit:	Barbara Meisterernst
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.11.2024
Gewicht:	0,68 kg