Kristin Davidse
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1207360 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kristin Davidse |
| PRENOMES | Kristin |
| SOBRENOME | Davidse |
| ASSINATURA | DAVIDSE K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8474-9518 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 39 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 48 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 4 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1987 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
I don’t think or I think … not – What is the difference
The functions of grammaticalized complement-taking-predicate clauses in interrogatives
Grammaticalized complement-taking-predicate (CTP) clauses like I think have been much studied in declaratives but not in interrogatives. We propose a typology of the grammatical functions that these CTP-clauses can convey, i.e., polarity bias, polarity reversal, modal orientation and opinion marker, and we relate these to the different dialogic functions that interrogatives can serve , i.e., Question, Query and Challenge. We apply the proposed an…
Type Noun Constructions in Slavic, Germanic and Romance Languages
A semiotic approach to grammaticalization
Managing information flow through prosody in it -clefts
This article addresses the question of how speakers manage information flow in specificational it -clefts by balancing grammatical and prosodic choices in real time. We examine this in a qualitative and quantitative corpus study of both full and reduced it -clefts extracted from the first London–Lund Corpus (LLC–1), whose prosody we studied combining auditory and instrumental analysis. Our empirical analysis resulted in the following findings abo…
A diachronic study of indirect object doubling in Argentinian Spanish
This article investigates the textual motivation of clitic doubling in Spanish with a case study of indirect object doubling in 18th, 19th and 20th century Argentinian Spanish. It is generally assumed that doubling originated with preposed and stressed NPs, and increased in frequency till it was obligatory in those contexts. This development and the further spread of doubling have been ascribed mainly to topicality and high accessibility of the i…
English tag questions eliciting knowledge or action
This article deals with English tag questions demanding knowledge or action. Conversationally, these are rather recognizable functions in that they project specific expected responses and involve linguistically construed interactional roles. We focus on these tag questions to compare two analytical models developed within Systemic-Functional linguistics: the speech function model (Halliday & Matthiessen 2004) and the exchange structure analysis (…
Introduc tion
A cognitive-functional approach to the order of adjectives in the English noun phrase
In this article we identify and motivate the main word order patterns of adjectives in the English NP. Theoretically, we situate ourselves within the tradition of semiotically-based, cognitive-functional construction grammars as developed by such linguists as Halliday, Langacker and McGregor. In this tradition, the lexicogrammar is assumed to exist to symbolize semantic functions. We argue that the various semantic functions of adjectives in the …
A tribute to M. A. K. Halliday (1925–2018)
With the death of Michael Halliday on 15 April 2018, the world has lost a unique scholar who, with reference to the Renaissance concept of a ‘homo universalis’ can truly be called a ‘universal linguist’. Halliday’s work and thought have cast new light on all core areas of linguistics and on an exceptional range of cross-disciplinary domains involving linguistics, amongst which he himself singled out (Martin 2013: 185-186) text and discourse analy…
A typology of lexical and grammaticalized uses of Russian tip, tipa, po tipu
Lexicalization and grammaticalization
In this article we show that verbo-nominal expressions be on the/one’s way/road emerged as lexical composite predicates in Old English. These templates came to be elaborated by directional adjuncts, adjuncts describing states or events, and purpose clauses. In Late Modern English, the structure with a to -infinitive was functionally reinterpreted as a secondary auxiliary + lexical head, whose core sense is imminential aspect. On the basis of this…
The development of the modal and discourse marker uses of ( there / it is / I have ) no doubt
In this paper, we reconstruct the emergence of the modal and discourse marker uses of adverbial and clausal expressions with no doubt . Their history contrasts in a number of surprising ways with typical grammaticalization hypotheses. Existential expressions with no doubt emerged directly with grammatical modal meaning and developed lexicalized idiomatic uses later on. We account for this in terms of Boye and Harder’s discourse approach to gramma…
A speech function analysis of tag questions in British English spontaneous dialogue
Subjective Compounds and Subjectivity/Subjectification in the English Noun Phrase
This paper makes a case for the category of subjective compounds, that is adjective-noun word units which convey subjective meaning, for example little bleeder, old chum, half-victory . These compounds are characterized grammatically by their behaviour as a unit in phrase structure, their internal inseparability and the non-attribute-like behaviour of the adjectival components. Adjective and noun have a high degree of collocational cohesion, whic…
Lexicalization and grammaticalization
In this article we reconstruct the paths that led to the current lexicalized and grammaticalized uses with
On ways of being on the way
This article presents a case study of a set of constructions containing the related way-nouns road , way , track and route , exemplified by (i) the farm road to the house , (ii) A senior Soviet official is on his way to the Iraqi capital , (iii) spies Burgess and Maclean escaped from Britain en route to Moscow , (iv) Queensland is on track to become the top bowling state in Australia. These distinct constructions are a case of layering (Hopper 19…
A typology of anaphoric and cataphoric relations expressed by English complex determiners
Tense use in direct and indirect speech in English
Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research
This collective volume focuses on the crucial role of formal evidence in recognizing and explaining instances of grammaticalization. It addresses the hitherto neglected issue of system-internal factors steering grammaticalization and also revisits formal recognition criteria such as Lehmann and Hopper’s parameters of grammaticalization. The articles investigate developments of such phenomena as modal auxiliaries, attitudinal markers, V1-condition…
Subjectification, Intersubjectification and Grammaticalization
This volume aims to arrive at a fine-grained and grammar-based understanding of the notions of (inter-)subjectivity and (inter-)subjectification in their application to grammaticalization research. In terms of linguistic theory, position is taken vis-à-vis existing approaches to (inter-)subjectification which are either too narrow or too general by addressing two questions: (i) what is the relation between (inter-)subjectivity and pragmatics, and…
The Grammaticalisation of Nominal Type Noun Constructions with kind/sort of
Denison distinguishes three main NP constructions with type nouns such as sort/kind/type of in Present-day English, namely the head, postdeterminer and qualifier constructions. The latter two developed from the binominal construction in which lexically full sort/kind/type is the head followed by a second noun designating a superordinate class. In the chronology he posits the postdeterminer construction as an early reanalysis of the binominal cons…
The emergence and structure of be like and related quotatives
This article investigates the structural assembly and semantics of innovative quotatives such as be like, be all and go in English. While the sociolinguistic origins and spread of these forms have received ample attention, a question that is rarely addressed is how precisely this construction is syntagmatically composed, and how it relates to more canonical forms of speech representation. We argue that the basic component structures are the be li…
Illocutionary force and conduciveness in imperative constant polarity tag questions
This article deals with imperative constant polarity tag questions (henceforth imperative CPTQs) such as Leave me alone, will you and Let’s have another, shall we. We propose a typology of imperative CPTQs on the basis of a systematic study of data, correlating their distinct formal properties with di¤erent contextualized uses. Further developing Mc-Gregor’s (1997) general approach to tag questions, we argue that the main subtypes of imperative C…
The subject-object versus the agent-patient asymmetry
A speech function analysis of tag questions in British English spontaneous dialogue
The Grammaticalisation of Nominal Type Noun Constructions with kind/sort of
Denison distinguishes three main NP constructions with type nouns such as sort/kind/type of in Present-day English, namely the head, postdeterminer and qualifier constructions. The latter two developed from the binominal construction in which lexically full sort/kind/type is the head followed by a second noun designating a superordinate class. In the chronology he posits the postdeterminer construction as an early reanalysis of the binominal cons…
Tense use in direct and indirect speech in English
The emergence and structure of be like and related quotatives
This article investigates the structural assembly and semantics of innovative quotatives such as be like, be all and go in English. While the sociolinguistic origins and spread of these forms have received ample attention, a question that is rarely addressed is how precisely this construction is syntagmatically composed, and how it relates to more canonical forms of speech representation. We argue that the basic component structures are the be li…
A cognitive-functional approach to the order of adjectives in the English noun phrase
In this article we identify and motivate the main word order patterns of adjectives in the English NP. Theoretically, we situate ourselves within the tradition of semiotically-based, cognitive-functional construction grammars as developed by such linguists as Halliday, Langacker and McGregor. In this tradition, the lexicogrammar is assumed to exist to symbolize semantic functions. We argue that the various semantic functions of adjectives in the …
Type noun uses in the English NP
This article addresses the relatively neglected question of identifying and characterizing the various uses of sort , kind and type in the English NP. It does so on the basis of close analysis of a set of data extracted from the Times subcorpus of the COBUILD corpus. The proposed description refers to the general functions fulfilled by elements of the NP, which, from right to left, form an objective — subjective continuum. At the same time, we ch…
A constructional approach to clefts
In this article I will argue that clefts differ in more than simply their information structure from their noncleft counterparts. Clefts are constructions in their own right, whose grammatical features convey specific representational semantics. I will focus on the two main coded relations in cleft constructions, the one expressed by the matrix clause and the anaphoric relation between the complement of the matrix clause and the relative clause. …
On the middle voice
In this article we approach the phenomenon of the English middle voice from a functional-cognitive perspective. Assuming the distinction between representational and interpersonal layers of organization in the clause (Halliday 1985; Hengeveld 1989; McGregor 1997), we propose that the elements and relations that define the English middle are of an interpersonal nature. We argue that the characteristic relation between nonagentive subject and activ…
A semiotic approach to grammaticalization
Subjective Compounds and Subjectivity/Subjectification in the English Noun Phrase
This paper makes a case for the category of subjective compounds, that is adjective-noun word units which convey subjective meaning, for example little bleeder, old chum, half-victory . These compounds are characterized grammatically by their behaviour as a unit in phrase structure, their internal inseparability and the non-attribute-like behaviour of the adjectival components. Adjective and noun have a high degree of collocational cohesion, whic…
A typology of anaphoric and cataphoric relations expressed by English complex determiners
The interlocking paths of development to emphasizer adjective pure
This study deals with the emphasizing use of adjective pure , as in pure heaven , pure unbridled hell , which heightens the semantic specifications of the following nominal description. On the basis of close analysis of synchronic and diachronic data, it is argued that the peculiarities of Present-day emphasizer pure are the result of two distinct but mutually reinforcing paths of development. Emphasizing pure first appeared as a subjective heigh…
Have you walked the dog yet?The ergative causativization of intransitives
In this article we characterize the construction type exemplified by Have you walked the dog yet? as the causativization of an intransitive according to the ergative model. This characterization refers to the view on transitivity/ergativity in English according to which distinct transitive versus ergative semantic role configurations should be distinguished for both two- and one-participant structures. By analyzing Have you walked the dog yet? as…
M.A.K. Halliday’s functional grammar and the Prague school
Anna Fuchs. Remarks on Deixis
The dative as participant role versus the Indirect Object
Have you walked the dog yet?The ergative causativization of intransitives
In this article we characterize the construction type exemplified by Have you walked the dog yet? as the causativization of an intransitive according to the ergative model. This characterization refers to the view on transitivity/ergativity in English according to which distinct transitive versus ergative semantic role configurations should be distinguished for both two- and one-participant structures. By analyzing Have you walked the dog yet? as…
Jan Firbas 1921-2000
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The semantics of cardinal versus enumerative existential constructions
In this article, I will argue that the conceptual import of existential constructions is not, as has traditionally been held, to locate entities somewhere, but to quantify instances of a general type. This general semantic schema is construed as two more speci®c schemata by the two main types of existential, the unmarked, or ``cardinal'', and the enumerative. A cardinal existential such as There are ®ve weak spots in the human body counts the ins…
A constructional approach to clefts
In this article I will argue that clefts differ in more than simply their information structure from their noncleft counterparts. Clefts are constructions in their own right, whose grammatical features convey specific representational semantics. I will focus on the two main coded relations in cleft constructions, the one expressed by the matrix clause and the anaphoric relation between the complement of the matrix clause and the relative clause. …
English locative constructions
In this article, we set out to describe the general ‘lexicogrammar’ of English locative constructions within a broadly neo-Firthian theoretical frame. First, we look at the question of how the verb and its participants — nominal and prepositional — are structurally integrated with each other. To characterize the representational semantics of locative constructions, we develop Fawcett’s (1987) proposal that they express caused ‘circumstantial rela…
The Middle Voice with Mental and Verbal Predicates in English and Dutch
On the middle voice
In this article we approach the phenomenon of the English middle voice from a functional-cognitive perspective. Assuming the distinction between representational and interpersonal layers of organization in the clause (Halliday 1985; Hengeveld 1989; McGregor 1997), we propose that the elements and relations that define the English middle are of an interpersonal nature. We argue that the characteristic relation between nonagentive subject and activ…
Illocutionary force and conduciveness in imperative constant polarity tag questions
This article deals with imperative constant polarity tag questions (henceforth imperative CPTQs) such as Leave me alone, will you and Let’s have another, shall we. We propose a typology of imperative CPTQs on the basis of a systematic study of data, correlating their distinct formal properties with di¤erent contextualized uses. Further developing Mc-Gregor’s (1997) general approach to tag questions, we argue that the main subtypes of imperative C…
The interlocking paths of development to emphasizer adjective pure
This study deals with the emphasizing use of adjective pure, as in pure heaven, pure unbridled hell, which heightens the semantic specifications of the following nominal description. On the basis of close analysis of synchronic and diachronic data, it is argued that the peculiarities of Present-day emphasizer pure are the result of two distinct but mutually reinforcing paths of development. Emphasizing pure first appeared as a subjective heighten…
The interlocking paths of development to emphasizer adjective pure
This study deals with the emphasizing use of adjective pure , as in pure heaven , pure unbridled hell , which heightens the semantic specifications of the following nominal description. On the basis of close analysis of synchronic and diachronic data, it is argued that the peculiarities of Present-day emphasizer pure are the result of two distinct but mutually reinforcing paths of development. Emphasizing pure first appeared as a subjective heigh…
Type noun uses in the English NP
This article addresses the relatively neglected question of identifying and characterizing the various uses of sort , kind and type in the English NP. It does so on the basis of close analysis of a set of data extracted from the Times subcorpus of the COBUILD corpus. The proposed description refers to the general functions fulfilled by elements of the NP, which, from right to left, form an objective — subjective continuum. At the same time, we ch…
Introduction
(2008). Introduction: The realization of interpersonal meaning. WORD: Vol. 59, No. 1-2, pp. 3-23
The emergence and structure of be like and related quotatives
This article investigates the structural assembly and semantics of innovative quotatives such as be like, be all and go in English. While the sociolinguistic origins and spread of these forms have received ample attention, a question that is rarely addressed is how precisely this construction is syntagmatically composed, and how it relates to more canonical forms of speech representation. We argue that the basic component structures are the be li…
Formal Evidence in Grammaticalization Research
This collective volume focuses on the crucial role of formal evidence in recognizing and explaining instances of grammaticalization. It addresses the hitherto neglected issue of system-internal factors steering grammaticalization and also revisits formal recognition criteria such as Lehmann and Hopper’s parameters of grammaticalization. The articles investigate developments of such phenomena as modal auxiliaries, attitudinal markers, V1-condition…
Subjectification, Intersubjectification and Grammaticalization
This volume aims to arrive at a fine-grained and grammar-based understanding of the notions of (inter-)subjectivity and (inter-)subjectification in their application to grammaticalization research. In terms of linguistic theory, position is taken vis-à-vis existing approaches to (inter-)subjectification which are either too narrow or too general by addressing two questions: (i) what is the relation between (inter-)subjectivity and pragmatics, and…
The Grammaticalisation of Nominal Type Noun Constructions with kind/sort of
Denison distinguishes three main NP constructions with type nouns such as sort/kind/type of in Present-day English, namely the head, postdeterminer and qualifier constructions. The latter two developed from the binominal construction in which lexically full sort/kind/type is the head followed by a second noun designating a superordinate class. In the chronology he posits the postdeterminer construction as an early reanalysis of the binominal cons…
A typology of anaphoric and cataphoric relations expressed by English complex determiners
Tense use in direct and indirect speech in English
Lexicalization and grammaticalization
In this article we reconstruct the paths that led to the current lexicalized and grammaticalized uses with
On ways of being on the way
This article presents a case study of a set of constructions containing the related way-nouns road , way , track and route , exemplified by (i) the farm road to the house , (ii) A senior Soviet official is on his way to the Iraqi capital , (iii) spies Burgess and Maclean escaped from Britain en route to Moscow , (iv) Queensland is on track to become the top bowling state in Australia. These distinct constructions are a case of layering (Hopper 19…
Subjective Compounds and Subjectivity/Subjectification in the English Noun Phrase
This paper makes a case for the category of subjective compounds, that is adjective-noun word units which convey subjective meaning, for example little bleeder, old chum, half-victory . These compounds are characterized grammatically by their behaviour as a unit in phrase structure, their internal inseparability and the non-attribute-like behaviour of the adjectival components. Adjective and noun have a high degree of collocational cohesion, whic…
A speech function analysis of tag questions in British English spontaneous dialogue
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