Stages of grammaticalization of causative verbs and constructions in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian

Silva, Augusto Soares da

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“…In a usage-based model of semantics, we can operationalize the prototypicality of a lexical item’s senses as the relative frequency of each sense (cf. Liu, 2023; Soares Da Silva, 2012). In other words, relative frequency manifests the structural weight of a certain sense.…”

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“…Evaluating a grammaticalization process involves a dimension of semasiological salience (or prototypicality) and a dimension of onomasiological salience (or entrenchment) (Soares da Silva, 2012). The semasiological perspective starts from the word or (grammatical) construction and looks at its meanings or functions, whereas the onomasiological perspective starts from the concept or function and looks at the different words or (grammatical) constructions.…”

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“…As Langacker (1991, p. 408) stated, analytic causative constructions profile the energy input or instigating force codified in the CAUSER, responsible for the occurrence of the caused event. In discussing the stages of grammaticalization of analytic causatives in Romance languages, Soares da Silva (2012) relied on the binding force of causatives (Givón, 1980) and the degree of event integration and causal independence (CAUSEE’s autonomy and CAUSER’s control) (Talmy, 2000b). Following Soares da Silva (2012), we examine the grammaticalization of SHI at two levels: (1) the lexical meaning of causative SHI, namely the degree of semantic bleaching, and (2) the constructional structure and meaning in terms of event integration.…”

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Event integration as a driving force of language change: evidence from Chinese 使-shǐ-make

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2023

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Talmy’s (1991; 2000a; 2000b) influential work on motion events provides a strong two-way typology that can examine and account for the typology of a language, but this framework is basically synchronic. It may not be equally valid to explain language change. In this paper, we apply the event integration theory and its latest development, The Macro-event Hypothesis (Li, 2020, 2023), to account for the development of the causative verb 使-shǐ-make (SHI for short) in Chinese. This study reveals that, firstly, the multi-functional behavior of SHI represents a typical case of grammaticalization, with a full verb acquiring the role of conjunction and expressing abstract meanings. Secondly, the semantic division of the causative and non-causative uses of SHI in Contemporary Chinese is the most clear-cut. Thirdly, causative SHI shows a greater level of semantic bleaching, and the construction profiles a single causal activity and has a higher degree of event integration when compared to its lexical verbal use. The constructional grammaticalization of SHI confirms that event integration is key to its development. This study verifies The Macro-event Hypothesis of a continuum of grammaticalization in language and uncovers the process of semantic gradation that takes place in Chinese.

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2023

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“…Among the constructions that work with these tests without being periphrasis we find, precisely, analytic causatives. Analytic causatives are complex predicates subject to restructuring, the two verbs behave like a unit to some extent and create a monoclausal structure -only one domain for case assignment-, but they keep certain syntactic and semantic independence -both verbs provide arguments-(see Comrie 1976;Kayne 1975;Iglesias Bango 1992;Wurmbrand 2004;Folli & Harley 2007;Soares da Silva 2012;Campanini & Pitteroff 2013;Vivanco 2019); furthermore, causative verbs are not fully grammatical units in Spanish, but semi-lexical ones (Cardinaletti 2004, Vivanco 2019. Therefore, although periphrastic and causative constructions share some properties, they are significantly different.…”

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To be or not to be an auxiliary verb. The case of Spanish <poner(se) a + infinitive>

Vivanco

2019

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This paper studies two Spanish constructions with the verb poner (‘to put’) and an infinitive. The first one, <ponerse a + infinitive>, has traditionally been considered an inchoative periphrasis; however, we will show that its grammaticalisation is only complete with inanimate or impersonal subjects, while with animate subjects the structure keeps causative semantics. The second one, <poner something / someone a + infinitive>, has received much less attention in the literature. Although it originated together with its se-counterpart, it has not become a periphrasis and today exhibits a hybrid behaviour similar to that of verbs of influence on the one hand and restructuring causative verbs on the other. It will be shown that both constructions started with a causative-aspectual meaning (‘triggering an event’) that they keep today: ponerse has a causative meaning despite being an auxiliary and poner has an aspectual meaning despite not being an auxiliary, which explains many of their special characteristics. This paper will not only shed light on the diachronic and synchronic properties of these constructions but will also reflect on the limits between lexical and grammatical categories.

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“…De Mulder & Lamiroy 2008, Enghels & Roegiest en prensa, Fagard & Mardale 2012, Soares Da Silva 2012.…”

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De verbos de colocación a pseudo-copulativos: procesos de gramaticalización en los cuasi-sinónimos poner/meter y pôr/meter en español y en portugués

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De verbos de colocación a pseudo-copulativos: procesos de gramaticalización en los cuasi-sinónimos poner/meter y pôr/meter en español y en portugués. MARIE COMER, RENATA ENGHELS y CLARA VANDERSCHUEREN AbstractMost studies on locative verbs focus on (a) the internal organization of this verbal category and its position within various verb classifications, (b) the syntactic analysis of their arguments, and more particularly the status of the locative complement.

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Stages of grammaticalization of causative verbs and constructions in Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian

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Event integration as a driving force of language change: evidence from Chinese 使-shǐ-make

Event integration as a driving force of language change: evidence from Chinese 使-shǐ-make

To be or not to be an auxiliary verb. The case of Spanish <poner(se) a + infinitive>

De verbos de colocación a pseudo-copulativos: procesos de gramaticalización en los cuasi-sinónimos poner/meter y pôr/meter en español y en portugués

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