Eintrag

Titel

Atypical demonstratives: syntax, semantics and pragmatics

Personen

Marco Coniglio, Andrew Murphy, Eva Schlachter, Tonjes Veenstra

Jahr

2018

Typ

Sammelband

Verlag

de Gruyter

Ort

Berlin; Boston, Mass.

ISBN

978-3-11-055791-6

Reihe

Linguistische Arbeiten

Band

568

Schlagwörter

Deixis
Demonstrativ
Grammatikalisierung
Sprachwandel
Syntax

Beiträge

• Giusti: Demostratives as arguments and modifiers of N
• Corver: Pronominalization and Variation in Dutch Demonstrative and Possessive Expressions
• Poletto: On demonstratives and relatives pronouns
• Los: Syntax and the morphologie of deixis
• Arsenijevic: Atypical demonstratives in an artikelless language
• Hinterwimmer: The Binding Properties of Demonstrative Pronouns, Definite Descriptions and Full Demonstrative DPs
• Cui: Ther unstresseed distal demonstratve na in Chinese as a definiteness marker in bridging contexts
• Lücking: Witness-loaded and Witness-free Demonstratives
• König: Demonstratives of manner, of quality and of degree

Abstract

Atypical demonstratives have not received adequate attention in the literature so far, or have even been completely neglected. By providing fresh insights and discussing new facets, this volume contributes to the better understanding of this group of words, starting from specific empirical phenomena, and advances our knowledge of the various properties of demonstratives, their syntactic multi-functionality, semantic feature specifications and pragmatic functions. In addition, some of the papers discuss different grammaticalization processes involving demonstratives, in particular how and from which lexical and morphosyntactic categories they originate cross-linguistically, and which semantic or pragmatic mechanisms play which role in their emergence. As such, the different contributions guide the readers on an adventurous journey into the realm of different exotic species of demonstratives, whose peculiar properties offer new exiting insights into the complex nature of demonstrative expressions themselves.

https://grammis.ids-mannheim.de/bdg/102091