Where do demonstratives come from

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ID21819982
AuthorsBernd Heine (0000-0002-9304-7814, University of Cologne, corresponding author), Tania Kuteva (University of Cologne), Haiping Long (0000-0003-2465-8723, University of Cologne), Heiko Narrog (0000-0002-7436-0354, University of Cologne), Fang Wu (0000-0002-8436-7293, University of Cologne)
Year2020
Volume73
Issue3
Pages403-434
Publication date2020-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Typology and Universals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1867-8319 • E-ISSN: 2196-7148
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/stuf-2020-1002
OpenAlexW3092440752
LanguagePT
Citations received6
References cited48

Studies in grammaticalization have established that processes of grammatical change frequently have lexical items as their source, and more specifically nouns and verbs. But there is at least one potential exception: As argued by Holger Diessel in a number of publications, demonstratives cannot be historically derived from other entities, such as lexical items. Based on a survey of languages from different parts of the world and belonging to different language families, the present paper argues that this generalization is in need of reconsideration

Demonstrative · Epistemology · Generalization · Grammatical category · Grammaticalization · Linguistics · Noun · Typology · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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