Grammaticalization from Minimizer to Focus Marker as Upward Reanalysis along the Nominal Spine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21398735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoshihide Ogawa (0000-0002-7464-8382, Graduate School of Information Sciences Tohoku University 6‐3‐09 Aramaki‐aza‐Aoba Miyagi Sendai 980‐8579 Japan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 258-306 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studia Linguistica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3193 • E-ISSN: 1467-9582 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/stul.12208 |
| OpenAlex | W4312063292 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
This article demonstrates that Japanese minimizers, which are originally used as Negative Polarity Items in a negative context, can sometimes behave as focus markers when used postnominally. I will review a previous syntactic analysis of English minimizers, and propose a revised syntactic analysis of Japanese minimizers, based on newly discovered synchronic and diachronic facts. I argue that the usage of Japanese minimizers as focus markers was developed through grammaticalization as Upward Reanalysis along the nominal spine
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