On the origin of the suffix -ly

GUIMIER, CLAUDE

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“…On the other hand, the extension of the use of a construction cannot be solely interpreted as a consequence of a process of lost semantics, as terms traditionally used in the literature, such as semantic bleaching (Givón 1975, Lord 1976, semantic weakening (Guimier 1985) and desemantization (Heine & Kuteva 2007, pp.39-40, Heine & Reh 1984 suggest. As has become evident in our analysis, if in one sense the projection of semantic aspects from the source space to the blend is selective, in another, the blend gains new semantic material from the target space, and, in many cases, from other cognitive domains.…”

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Semantic Extension in Grammaticalization as a Double-Scope Integration Process: The Case of the Ditransitive Construction with para in Brazilian Portuguese

Unternbäumen

2012

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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This article discusses the semantic changes inherent in the grammaticalization process that have led to the ditransitive construction [NP V NP para NP] in Brazilian Portuguese. We have tried to demonstrate that the high complexity of these changes cannot be conceived of solely as the result of a process of desemantization. As an alternative hypothesis, we propose that the conceptual structure of this construction is caused by a specific type of blending called doublescope blending. This type of blending is especially suitable for explaining one of the key features of the conceptual structure of [NP V NP para NP], namely the fact that this structure is composed of semantic aspects from different conceptual domains.

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Semantic Extension in Grammaticalization as a Double-Scope Integration Process: The Case of the Ditransitive Construction with para in Brazilian Portuguese

Unternbäumen

2012

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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“…Así, no es de extrañar que la literatura especializada nos ofrezca diferentes propuestas conceptuales (y consiguientemente también terminológicas) para la comprensión de este fenómeno: Givón (1975) y Lord (1976 hablan, por ejemplo, de semantic bleaching, Guimier (1985) de semantic weakening, Heine & Reh (1984) de desemantization, etc.…”

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Integración conceptual (blending) en el proceso de gramaticalización de construcciones nominales cuantificativas en español

Huelva

2008

Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics

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The primary purpose of this article is to examine the cognitive underpinnings of grammaticalization processes that generate quantifier noun constructions in Spanish. This analysis aims to demonstrate the need to develop a cognitive model of grammaticalization based on the Theory of Blending. Grammaticalization is thus considered a specific case of blending. The main argument sustaining this position lies in the emergent properties of the constructions that result from grammaticalization processes. Finally, a framework for such a model is outlined and its comparative advantages vis-à-vis other cognitive models of grammaticalization proffered in the literature are explained.

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“…4 The formation, the development and the semantic aspects of English adverbs, and particularly those ending in -lī, have beeen studied by many scholars. I will only mention hereSwan (1984Swan ( , 1988,Kjellmer (1984),Guimier (1985),McIntosh (1991),Donner (1991),Nevalainen (1991Nevalainen ( , 1994aNevalainen ( , 1994bNevalainen ( , 1997Nevalainen ( , 2008,Pounder (2001) andKillie (2007). 5 LC texts include four subcorpora: a) English Gylds.…”

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Collocations in Law Texts in Late Middle English: Some Evidence Concerning Adverbs Ending in-lī

Iglesias-Rábade

2011

Studia Neophilologica

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The numerous large-scale research projects in progress focusing on the phraseology of modern languages evince the scholarly fascination for word-combinations because of their acknowledged relevance in both theoretical and applied linguistics. The reasons why some words tend to associate with others in a given order and at a given time in the history of a language are still a matter of conjecture. However, it is generally assumed that, whatever the circumstances of mental organisation turn out to be for speakers to associate some words, word-combinations must have ultimately developed in a cultural framework and been more dependent on lingo-cultural domains than on a statistical probability of co-occurrence.The aim of this paper is to study the collocational patterns of adverbs ending in -lī in a legal corpus of late Middle English. The findings will be contrasted with the data from a contemporary corpus of literary works. This literary corpus has been chosen as representative of a language which is supposed to be spoken and understood by lower and upper-middle classes alike by the end of the Middle English period. By comparing the legal corpus with the literary one, I intend to support the idea that the collocational evidence shown in this work also sets legalese apart from other varieties of Middle English.The study of set phrases, of which collocations are a subclass, introduces an interesting scholarly debate about the terminological character of the general categories and subcategories of phraseology. 1 With regard to the general categories of the phraseological system, Mel'čuk (1998: 24-30) uses the terms "set phrases" or "phrasemes" to refer to the total catalogue of word combinations. For Gläser (1998: 126) the whole inventory of idioms and phrases ("phrasicon") of a language is constituted by "phraseological units", whereas Cowie (1998: 5) andHowarth (1996) use the term "word combination". These general categories of the phraseological system may operate either as word-like units, organised at or below the level of the simple sentence, providing a specific semantic role, or as sentence-like units endowed with a pragmatic function. Mel'čuk (1988Mel'čuk ( , 1998 considers that word-like units are "semantic phrasemes", Gläser (1988Gläser ( , 1998 includes them under the term of "nomination", whereas Cowie (1988) calls them "composite" and Howarth (1996) "composite units". In contrast, the sentence-like units are identified as "pragmatemes"

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On the origin of the suffix -ly

Cited by 7 publications

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Semantic Extension in Grammaticalization as a Double-Scope Integration Process: The Case of the Ditransitive Construction with para in Brazilian Portuguese

Semantic Extension in Grammaticalization as a Double-Scope Integration Process: The Case of the Ditransitive Construction with para in Brazilian Portuguese

Integración conceptual (blending) en el proceso de gramaticalización de construcciones nominales cuantificativas en español

Collocations in Law Texts in Late Middle English: Some Evidence Concerning Adverbs Ending in-lī

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