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GRAMMATICALIZATION PATHS AND CHAOS: DETERMINISM AND UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS (PART 1 – CHAOS IN MATHEMATICS)

Data publikacji: 28.11.2016

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2016, Volume 133, Issue 3, s. 245 - 257

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.16.017.5686

Autorzy

Alexander Andrason
Stellenbosch University, RPA; Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-9824 Orcid
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Tytuły

GRAMMATICALIZATION PATHS AND CHAOS: DETERMINISM AND UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS (PART 1 – CHAOS IN MATHEMATICS)

Abstrakt

This paper demonstrates that by applying Chaos Theory to the modeling of the evolution of verbal forms and verbal systems, it is possible to view classical grammaticalization paths as universal, and conceal this deterministic assumption with the unpredictability of concrete grammatical developments. The author argues that such an explanation is possible because traditional grammaticalization paths do not represent realistic cases of grammatical evolutions, but rather correspond to abstract and non-realistic deterministic laws which codify the order of the incorporation of new meanings to the semantic potential of a gram. Therefore, from a synchronic perspective, they can be used to represent the semantic potential of a form as a map or a state. In contrast, a realistic development emerges as a trajectory connecting such maps or states. Consequently, the cross-linguistic typological model of realistic evolutionary processes of a certain type corresponds to a state-space – it is a cluster of all possible trajectories the grams of a certain class can travel. In this article – the first of the series of three papers – the main tenants of Chaos Theory will be discussed.

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Informacje

Informacje: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2016, Volume 133, Issue 3, s. 245 - 257

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

Tytuły:

Polski:

GRAMMATICALIZATION PATHS AND CHAOS: DETERMINISM AND UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS (PART 1 – CHAOS IN MATHEMATICS)

Angielski:

GRAMMATICALIZATION PATHS AND CHAOS: DETERMINISM AND UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE SEMANTIC DEVELOPMENT OF VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS (PART 1 – CHAOS IN MATHEMATICS)

Autorzy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-9824

Alexander Andrason
Stellenbosch University, RPA; Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-9824 Orcid
Wszystkie publikacje autora →

Stellenbosch University, RPA; Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

Publikacja: 28.11.2016

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

Licencja: Żadna

Udział procentowy autorów:

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