Can the lexicalization/grammaticalization distinction be reconciled

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ID20381202
AuthorsDouglas Lightfoot (University of Alabama, corresponding author), Douglas J Lightfoot (University of Alabama)
Year2005
Volume29
Issue3
Pages583-615
Publication date2005-11-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0378-4177 • E-ISSN: 1569-9978
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/sl.29.3.03lig
OpenAlexW2125730434
LanguageEN
Citations received8

Recent work on the relationship between lexicalization and grammaticalization appears to yield a consensus compatible with traditional notions of gestalt linguistics. A survey of the literature indicates the complexity of this supposed dichotomy, and provides a starting point from which we may evaluate a diagrammatic approach to the problem. Examples focus on the German derivational suffix -heit , cognate with English -hood . Such suffixation has traditionally been difficult for scholars to assess in terms of lexicality and grammaticality. Taking the gestalt concepts of parts and wholes into account, the inherent flexibility and fluidity between lexicalization and grammaticalization becomes apparent

Diagrammatic reasoning · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Gestalt psychology · Grammaticalization · Lexicalization · Linguistics · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistic research and analysis · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Philosophy · Psychology

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