The origin of the Welsh conjugated infinitive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Gary Miller (0000-0002-9311-1708, University of Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 329-350 |
| Publication date | 2004-12-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diachronica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0176-4225 • E-ISSN: 1569-9714 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/dia.21.2.04mil |
| OpenAlex | W2077738527 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 9 |
Several issues of theoretical, typological, and historical interest are investigated. Conjugated infinitives (those with subject person agreement) are relatively rare but sufficiently well documented as to prompt some linguists to question the efficacy of the word nonfinite . Moreover, the conjugated infinitives that have received attention in the literature share significant properties crosslinguistically, which cannot be accidental. Historically, however, they require salient triggering data in contrast to prototypical infinitives (those without person agreement), which spontaneously evolve from nominalizations with a goal role. The Welsh case is particularly interesting because the infinitive remains characterized by i “to” + verbal noun, and it is less than obvious that Welsh has a conjugated infinitive (CI). Reanalysis of inflected prepositions (e.g., Middle Welsh i-daw “to him”) to infinitives with agreement (modern i-ddo “to-3SGM” ) yielded CIs. This reanalysis was forced by a semantic change of some control to causative verbs. The spread of the new CI to other predicates was enabled by a different kind of reanalysis, this one purely syntactic, raising yet another issue of general interest
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2016 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |