Kersti Börjars
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 806113 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kersti Börjars |
| NOMBRES | Kersti |
| APELLIDO | Börjars |
| FIRMA | BÖRJARS K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3154-5260 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Identifying alternations in historical corpus data
This article revisits the diachrony of the genitive alternation, the alternation between ’s and prepositional phrases headed by of in Present-Day English. It is usually assumed to have developed around 1400 CE. For Old English ( c. 650–1000 CE), a different alternation between pre-modifying and post-modifying genitive-case-marked noun phrases is suggested to be the genitive alternation. Building on descriptions of competition between genitive-cas…
Multiple source explanation in language change
The development of the English auxiliary do is a well-studied phenomenon, but there is no agreement on its source (see Denison 1993 : Chapter 10). It has been suggested in the literature that a mono-causal account cannot satisfactorily capture the development (e.g., Fischer et al. 2017 ; Van der Auwera & Genee 2002 ), but no worked out alternative has been provided. In this article, we focus on the pre-innovation Old English stage and explore wha…
Structural persistence as an explanatory factor in synchrony and diachrony
In this paper, we look at examples of linguistic change in which the structure associated with the original element can help us understand aspects of both the diachronic process and the synchronic outcome of change. We first consider a range of phenomena that have resisted formal analysis because they show mixed‐category behaviour. We argue that these elements have undergone changes that we would expect to lead to complete decategorialisation, bu…
Lexical-Functional Grammar
Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) is a model for the analysis of language in which different types of linguistic information are represented in separate dimensions, each with its own formalism. These dimensions are linked by mapping principles. In this article, I describe the architecture of the model and illustrate some dimensions of information and the mapping between them in more detail. I also provide an outline of the analysis of long-distanc…
Growing syntax
Grammaticalization as standardly conceived is a change whereby an item develops from a lexical to a grammatical or functional meaning, or from being less to more grammatical. In this article we show that this can only be part of the story; for a full account we need to understand the syntactic structures into which grammaticalizing elements fit and how they too develop. To achieve this end we consider in detail the history of definiteness marking…
On Constructing a Theory of Grammatical Change
Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale, Constructionalization and Constructional Changes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. xvii + 278. The last few decades have seen the growth of a community of linguists who, though diverse in their beliefs and assumptions about other aspects of linguistics, nevertheless share a commitment to the construction as the basic unit of linguistic analysis. In construction grammar (henceforth CxG), as …
From preposition to purposive to infinitival marker
The development from an allative preposition to a purposive marker to an infinitival marker is a common one cross-linguistically. In this paper, we look in some detail at this change in Pennsylvania German. We demonstrate that fer has completed this change in that it now occurs in a full range of complements. It has gone paired with a loss of the original infinitival marker zu . Functionally, the element has undergone a drastic change and given t…
The real distribution of the English “group genitive”
The English possessive ’s (POSSLS) is widely regarded as a clitic which attaches at the right edge of noun phrases. The so-called “group genitive”, where POSSLS attaches after a postmodifier ( the man in the corner’s hat ), is crucial to theoretical accounts. We evaluate both theoretical and descriptive treatments. We then describe the actual use of POSSLS in the spoken component of the British National Corpus, with particular attention to postmo…
The Clitic-Affix Distinction, Historical Change, and Scandinavian Bound Definiteness Marking
In the literature on grammaticalization, it is generally assumed that there are two categories of bound elements, clitics and affixes, and that a development from the former to the latter is an example of gram-maticalization. Frequently, this development in form is assumed to be associated with a change in function. In this paper, we argue that a simple dichotomy between clitic and affix does not do justice to the variation found between bound el…
Introduction
The noun phrase was long a neglected area within research in modern syntactic theory. Studies tended to focus instead on the clause and less attention was paid to the internal structure of the noun phrase. The early studies would often take an interest in the properties of noun phrases only in so far as they interacted with clausal morpho-syntax. Nominalisations were then subject to some early studies, as in Chomsky (1970) and work inspired by it
Markedness in phonology and in syntax
Morphological status and (de)grammaticalisation
It has been argued that the development of the Swedish possessive - s constitutes an example of degrammaticalisation because it has changed from being an affix to being a clitic (Norde 1997; 2001a, b). I argue that a simple distinction between affix and clitic cannot capture the development of this element, instead a distinction in two dimensions need to be made; PLACEMENT needs to be distinguished from DEGREE OF ATTACHMENT . Furthermore, I claim…
Agreement and pro-drop in some dialects of English
In this paper, we consider data from a number of English dialects in which the distribution of pronouns and verb inflection differs radically from that in standard English. In these dialects, pronouns adjacent to the verb occur with an uninflected form of the verb, at least for some types of subjects and some subset of verbs. Pronouns that are separated from the verb or immediately follow it, on the other hand, occur with an inflected verb form. …
Jamal Ouhalla, Introducing transformational grammar – from rules to principles and parameters. London
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Swedish Double Determination in a European Typological Perspective
This article discusses a phenomenon which has been referred to as ‘double determination’, ‘double definiteness’, or in the Scandinavian tradition ‘over-definiteness’. In this article, I define double determination and double definiteness, so that a distinction is made between the two terms. I use ‘double determination’ when both elements can function independently as semantic determiners. ‘Double definiteness’, on the other hand, is a form of agr…
An Argument in Favour of a Syntax-Morphology Distinction
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on The Place of Morphology in a Grammar (1992), pp. 276-286
Growing syntax
Grammaticalization as standardly conceived is a change whereby an item develops from a lexical to a grammatical or functional meaning, or from being less to more grammatical. In this article we show that this can only be part of the story; for a full account we need to understand the syntactic structures into which grammaticalizing elements fit and how they too develop. To achieve this end we consider in detail the history of definiteness marking…
Markedness in phonology and in syntax
On Constructing a Theory of Grammatical Change
Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale, Constructionalization and Constructional Changes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. xvii + 278. The last few decades have seen the growth of a community of linguists who, though diverse in their beliefs and assumptions about other aspects of linguistics, nevertheless share a commitment to the construction as the basic unit of linguistic analysis. In construction grammar (henceforth CxG), as …
Lexical-Functional Grammar
Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) is a model for the analysis of language in which different types of linguistic information are represented in separate dimensions, each with its own formalism. These dimensions are linked by mapping principles. In this article, I describe the architecture of the model and illustrate some dimensions of information and the mapping between them in more detail. I also provide an outline of the analysis of long-distanc…
Agreement and pro-drop in some dialects of English
In this paper, we consider data from a number of English dialects in which the distribution of pronouns and verb inflection differs radically from that in standard English. In these dialects, pronouns adjacent to the verb occur with an uninflected form of the verb, at least for some types of subjects and some subset of verbs. Pronouns that are separated from the verb or immediately follow it, on the other hand, occur with an inflected verb form. …
An Argument in Favour of a Syntax-Morphology Distinction
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society: General Session and Parasession on The Place of Morphology in a Grammar (1992), pp. 276-286
Swedish Double Determination in a European Typological Perspective
This article discusses a phenomenon which has been referred to as ‘double determination’, ‘double definiteness’, or in the Scandinavian tradition ‘over-definiteness’. In this article, I define double determination and double definiteness, so that a distinction is made between the two terms. I use ‘double determination’ when both elements can function independently as semantic determiners. ‘Double definiteness’, on the other hand, is a form of agr…
Jamal Ouhalla, Introducing transformational grammar – from rules to principles and parameters. London
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Agreement and pro-drop in some dialects of English
In this paper, we consider data from a number of English dialects in which the distribution of pronouns and verb inflection differs radically from that in standard English. In these dialects, pronouns adjacent to the verb occur with an uninflected form of the verb, at least for some types of subjects and some subset of verbs. Pronouns that are separated from the verb or immediately follow it, on the other hand, occur with an inflected verb form. …
Morphological status and (de)grammaticalisation
It has been argued that the development of the Swedish possessive - s constitutes an example of degrammaticalisation because it has changed from being an affix to being a clitic (Norde 1997; 2001a, b). I argue that a simple distinction between affix and clitic cannot capture the development of this element, instead a distinction in two dimensions need to be made; PLACEMENT needs to be distinguished from DEGREE OF ATTACHMENT . Furthermore, I claim…
Markedness in phonology and in syntax
The Clitic-Affix Distinction, Historical Change, and Scandinavian Bound Definiteness Marking
In the literature on grammaticalization, it is generally assumed that there are two categories of bound elements, clitics and affixes, and that a development from the former to the latter is an example of gram-maticalization. Frequently, this development in form is assumed to be associated with a change in function. In this paper, we argue that a simple dichotomy between clitic and affix does not do justice to the variation found between bound el…
Introduction
The noun phrase was long a neglected area within research in modern syntactic theory. Studies tended to focus instead on the clause and less attention was paid to the internal structure of the noun phrase. The early studies would often take an interest in the properties of noun phrases only in so far as they interacted with clausal morpho-syntax. Nominalisations were then subject to some early studies, as in Chomsky (1970) and work inspired by it
The real distribution of the English “group genitive”
The English possessive ’s (POSSLS) is widely regarded as a clitic which attaches at the right edge of noun phrases. The so-called “group genitive”, where POSSLS attaches after a postmodifier ( the man in the corner’s hat ), is crucial to theoretical accounts. We evaluate both theoretical and descriptive treatments. We then describe the actual use of POSSLS in the spoken component of the British National Corpus, with particular attention to postmo…
From preposition to purposive to infinitival marker
The development from an allative preposition to a purposive marker to an infinitival marker is a common one cross-linguistically. In this paper, we look in some detail at this change in Pennsylvania German. We demonstrate that fer has completed this change in that it now occurs in a full range of complements. It has gone paired with a loss of the original infinitival marker zu . Functionally, the element has undergone a drastic change and given t…
On Constructing a Theory of Grammatical Change
Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Graeme Trousdale, Constructionalization and Constructional Changes. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. xvii + 278. The last few decades have seen the growth of a community of linguists who, though diverse in their beliefs and assumptions about other aspects of linguistics, nevertheless share a commitment to the construction as the basic unit of linguistic analysis. In construction grammar (henceforth CxG), as …
Growing syntax
Grammaticalization as standardly conceived is a change whereby an item develops from a lexical to a grammatical or functional meaning, or from being less to more grammatical. In this article we show that this can only be part of the story; for a full account we need to understand the syntactic structures into which grammaticalizing elements fit and how they too develop. To achieve this end we consider in detail the history of definiteness marking…
Lexical-Functional Grammar
Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) is a model for the analysis of language in which different types of linguistic information are represented in separate dimensions, each with its own formalism. These dimensions are linked by mapping principles. In this article, I describe the architecture of the model and illustrate some dimensions of information and the mapping between them in more detail. I also provide an outline of the analysis of long-distanc…
Structural persistence as an explanatory factor in synchrony and diachrony
In this paper, we look at examples of linguistic change in which the structure associated with the original element can help us understand aspects of both the diachronic process and the synchronic outcome of change. We first consider a range of phenomena that have resisted formal analysis because they show mixed‐category behaviour. We argue that these elements have undergone changes that we would expect to lead to complete decategorialisation, bu…
Identifying alternations in historical corpus data
This article revisits the diachrony of the genitive alternation, the alternation between ’s and prepositional phrases headed by of in Present-Day English. It is usually assumed to have developed around 1400 CE. For Old English ( c. 650–1000 CE), a different alternation between pre-modifying and post-modifying genitive-case-marked noun phrases is suggested to be the genitive alternation. Building on descriptions of competition between genitive-cas…
Multiple source explanation in language change
The development of the English auxiliary do is a well-studied phenomenon, but there is no agreement on its source (see Denison 1993 : Chapter 10). It has been suggested in the literature that a mono-causal account cannot satisfactorily capture the development (e.g., Fischer et al. 2017 ; Van der Auwera & Genee 2002 ), but no worked out alternative has been provided. In this article, we focus on the pre-innovation Old English stage and explore wha…
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