Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path
The authors argue that the synchronic variation of cognate objects of weather verbs exhibited in six African languages of South Africa (Sepedi, Sesotho, Tshivenda, isiXhosa, Xitsonga, and isiZulu) has a diachronic explanation, and may be represented as a grammaticalization path. This path gradually...
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| description | The authors argue that the synchronic variation of cognate objects of weather verbs exhibited in six African languages of South Africa (Sepedi, Sesotho, Tshivenda, isiXhosa, Xitsonga, and isiZulu) has a diachronic explanation, and may be represented as a grammaticalization path. This path gradually leads from prototypical cognate objects that disallow object agreement (pronominalization) and promotion to subjects in passive constructions to prototypical objects where both agreement (pronominalization) and promotion are grammatical. This provides further support for the modelling of cognate objects, adjuncts and arguments in terms of a continuum and for a gradient view of syntactic categories, in general. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9154b4e057a34edea8b4a8f679dcd2702022-12-22T00:18:49ZafrStellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch Papers in Linguistics1027-34172223-99362017-12-0148015116010.5774/48-0-287Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization pathAndrason, Alexander0Visser, Marianna W.1Stellenbosch University, South AfricaStellenbosch University, South AfricaThe authors argue that the synchronic variation of cognate objects of weather verbs exhibited in six African languages of South Africa (Sepedi, Sesotho, Tshivenda, isiXhosa, Xitsonga, and isiZulu) has a diachronic explanation, and may be represented as a grammaticalization path. This path gradually leads from prototypical cognate objects that disallow object agreement (pronominalization) and promotion to subjects in passive constructions to prototypical objects where both agreement (pronominalization) and promotion are grammatical. This provides further support for the modelling of cognate objects, adjuncts and arguments in terms of a continuum and for a gradient view of syntactic categories, in general.https://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/287african languagesweather verbscognate objectsgrammaticalization |
| spellingShingle | Andrason, Alexander Visser, Marianna W. Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics african languages weather verbs cognate objects grammaticalization |
| title | Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path |
| title_full | Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path |
| title_fullStr | Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path |
| title_short | Cognate objects of weather verbs in African languages of South Africa –from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path |
| title_sort | cognate objects of weather verbs in african languages of south africa from synchronic variation to a grammaticalization path |
| topic | african languages weather verbs cognate objects grammaticalization |
| url | https://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/287 |
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