.


  • Equinox
    • Equinox Publishing Home
    • About Equinox
    • People at Equinox
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy Statement
    • FAQ’s
  • Subjects
    • Archaeology & History
    • Linguistics & Communication
    • Popular Music
    • Religion & Philosophy
  • Journals
    • Journals Home Page
      • Archaeology and History Journals
      • Linguistics Journals
      • Popular Music Journals
      • Religious Studies Journals
    • Publishing For Societies
    • Librarians & Subscription Agents
    • Electronic Journal Packages
    • For Contributors
    • Open Access and Copyright Policy
    • Personal Subscriptions
    • Article Downloads
    • Back Issues
    • Pricelist
  • Books
    • Book Home Page
    • Forthcoming Books
    • Published Books
    • Series
      • Advances in CALL Research and Practice
      • Advances in Optimality Theory
      • Advances in the Cognitive Science of Religion
      • Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya: Biography and Collected Writings
      • Applied Phonology and Pronunciation Teaching
      • British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing
      • Collected Works of Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen
      • Collected Works of Ruqaiya Hasan
      • Communication Disorders & Clinical Linguistics
      • Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts
      • Comparative Islamic Studies
      • Contemporary and Historical Paganism
      • Culture on the Edge
      • Discourses in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
      • Discussions in Functional Approaches to Language
      • Eastern Buddhist Voices
      • Equinox English Linguistics and ELT
      • Equinox Textbooks and Surveys in Linguistics
      • Frameworks for Writing
      • Functional Linguistics
      • Genre, Music and Sound
      • Global Philosophy
      • Icons of Pop Music
      • J.R. Collis Publications
      • Key Concepts in Systemic Functional Linguistics
      • Middle Way Philosophy
      • Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Studies
      • Monographs in Islamic Archaeology
      • Monographs in Mediterranean Archaeology
      • Music Industry Studies
      • NAASR Working Papers
      • New Directions in Anthropological Archaeology
      • Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies Monographs
      • Popular Music History
      • Pragmatic Interfaces
      • Reflective Practice in Language Education
      • Religion and the Senses
      • Religion in 5 Minutes
      • Southover Press
      • Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture
      • Studies in Applied Linguistics
      • Studies in Communication in Organisations and Professions
      • Studies in Egyptology and the Ancient Near East
      • Studies in Phonetics and Phonology
      • Studies in Popular Music
      • Studies in the Archaeology of Medieval Europe
      • Text and Social Context
      • The Early Settlement of Northern Europe
      • The Study of Religion in a Global Context
      • Themes in Qur’anic Studies
      • Transcultural Music Studies
      • Working with Culture on the Edge
      • Worlds of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean
    • For Authors
    • E-Books
    • Textbooks
    • Book Trade
  • Resources
    • Events
    • Rights & Permissions
    • Advertisers & Media
  • Search
  • eBooks
Equinox Publishing
Books and Journals in Humanities, Social Science and Performing Arts
RSSTwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+

Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics

Grammaticalization of a Catalan Motion Verb Construction

Katalin Nagy C. [+–]
MTA-DE-SZTE Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics, University of Szeged, Hungary
Katalin Nagy C. is Research Fellow at the MTA-DE-SZTE Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics, University of Szeged, Hungary.

Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical.

The empirical aim of this volume is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan anar ‘go’ + infinitive construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it also provides new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general.

The theoretical aim of this volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings, but their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.

Series: Pragmatic Interfaces

Table of Contents

Preliminaries

Acknowledgments [+–] viii-ix
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.
Abbreviations [+–] x
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.

Chapter 1

Introduction [+–] 1-9
The introductory Chapter 1 gives an overview of the motive, aims and methodology of the research and presents the structure of the book. The results of the study on the initial stage of the semantic change of the “anar + Inf” construction are discussed in three chapters: the object-scientific part of the research is presented in Chapter 2, while methodological issues are addressed in Chapter 3. For the sake of clarity, I present the object-scientific study in a separate chapter, but I refer back continuously to the relevant connected parts in the methodological chapter. Finally, in Chapter 4, I propose a new hypothesis, developed on the basis of the conclusions of this twofold study.

Chapter 2

Object-scientific Part of the Study: Initial Stage of Grammaticalization of the Catalan “anar + infinitive” Construction [+–] 10-111
After an introduction to semantic changes of motion verb constructions in the languages of the world, the two first sections of the object-scientific part present the use of the construction “anar ‘go’ + Inf” and “ir ‘go’ (a) + Inf” in medieval and current Catalan and Spanish, respectively. Section 2.3 offers a summary of previous literature on the topic, discussing and criticizing the main hypotheses, which raises the necessity of a new approach. After presenting the theoretical background in section 2.4, section 2.5 provides a morphological analysis of the occurrences found in the historical corpus. Section 2.6 deals with entrenched local schemas discovered in the use of the motion verb constructions under study and offers a comparison of their use with uses of functionally similar constructions in the same language state. Section 2.7 summarizes the object-scientific results of the research.

Chapter 3

Methodological Part of the Study: Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics [+–] 112-179
Chapter 3, on methodological aspects, opens with an introduction (section 3.1), then section 3.2 reviews data sources in pragmatics, and in particular historical pragmatics, while section 3.3 examines how they are used in research practice. Section 3.4 deals with contextual analysis as a central tool in historical pragmatics methodology, while section 3.5 offers methods used to guess meanings in historical documents. Section 3.6 focuses on a presentation of the p-model and its notion of data, which serves as a basis of the methodological part of the study. Argumentation methods in historical pragmatics and the usefulness of methodological considerations when deciding between rival hypotheses are discussed in this section, too.

Chapter 4

Grammaticalization of the Catalan “anar + infinitive” Construction [+–] 180-191
Relying on the results of the historical study discussed in Chapter 2 and methodological considerations in Chapter 3, I introduce my own position on the semantic change of “anar + Inf” in Chapter 4. I place particular emphasis on the role of pragmatic inferences in the process (4.2) and discuss possible typological parallelisms, as well (4.3).

Chapter 5

Summary [+–] 192-202
Finally, Chapter 5 is a summary which reviews both the object-scientific and methodological results of the study. At the end of this chapter, the new achievements of the study are highlighted in a separate section. Following the bibliographic data for the Historical sources and References, there is an Appendix at the end of the book with a list of occurrences of the Catalan constructions “anar + Inf” and “anar a + Inf” found in the texts of my corpus, quoted with a brief context.

Appendix

Occurrences of the Catalan “anar + infinitive” and “anar a + infinitive” in the Corpus [+–] 203-222
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.

End Matter

Notes [+–] 223-232
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.
Historical Sources [+–] 233-234
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.
References [+–] 235-244
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.
Author Index [+–] 245-247
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.
Subject Index [+–] 248-252
Data and Argumentation in Historical Pragmatics has two interrelated aims, one empirical and one theoretical. Its object-scientific aim is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the beginnings of a semantic change process in the grammaticalization of the medieval Catalan “anar ‘go’ + infinitive” construction, investigating it from a historical pragmatic perspective. Catalan is unique among Romance languages in that a purposive construction involving this motion verb achieves a perfective past meaning. This evolution is in contrast with the universal pathway of verbs meaning ‘go’ to grammaticalize into future markers in similar constructions, detected in several languages of the world. Although this volume discusses a micro-level study on a grammaticalization process which, according to the previous literature, does not fit any universal tendency hitherto revealed, it will hopefully also provide new information about the macro-level process of semantic change of motion verbs in general. The theoretical aim of the volume is to examine some methodological questions in historical pragmatics and contribute in this way to recent metalinguistic discussions on data, methods and argumentation in linguistics. Methodological issues have not only been present in historical pragmatics since the beginnings – their resolution is seen as a crucial factor which will determine the future of this linguistic sub-discipline.

ISBN-13 (Hardback)
9781781797464
Price (Hardback)
£75.00 / $100.00
ISBN (eBook)
9781781797471
Price (eBook)
Individual
£75.00 / $100.00
Institutional
£75.00 / $100.00
Publication
10/08/2019
Pages
264
Size
234 x 156mm
Readership
scholars

Related Journal

Related Interest

  • Search Equinox

  • Subjects

    • Archaeology & History
      • Food History
      • Journals
    • Linguistics & Communication
      • Spanish & Arabic
      • Writing & Composition
      • Journals
    • Popular Music
      • Jazz
      • Journals
    • Religion & Philosophy
      • Buddhist Studies
      • Islamic Studies
      • Journals
  • Tweets by @EQUINOXPUB
We may use cookies to collect information about your computer, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information for our internal use. Find out more.