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The semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system (part 1: Empirical study)

Publication date: 15.04.2013

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2013, Volume 130, Issue 1, pp. 7 - 39

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.13.001.1132

Authors

Alexander Andrason
Stellenbosch University, RPA; Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8507-9824 Orcid
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The semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system (part 1: Empirical study)

Abstract

The present study – divided into two papers – provides an analysis of the semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system within a cognitive and grammaticalization framework. On the one hand, the author offers a detailed description of the entire semantic potential of all the verbal constructions available in the language and, on the other, provides an explanation for the senses conveyed by each one of these forms – more specifically, it is demonstrated that the semantic sphere of every gram can be explained and, hence, unified by making use of typologically common evolutionary scenarios, viz. paths. Consequently, the author shows that the entire Vilamovicean verbal system can be modeled as a recursive process of grammaticalisation “waves” whereby older and newer forms evolve along a set of identical paths. This article constitutes the first part of the series. It includes a discussion of methodological issues and an empirical study in which the semantic potentials of all the Vilamovicean verbal grams are determined.

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The semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system (part 1: Empirical study)

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The semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system (part 1: Empirical study)

Authors

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

Published at: 15.04.2013

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