On the development of the Romance demonstrative systems
Historical remarks and theoretical conclusions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5787282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Corina Stavinschi (University of Oxford, corresponding author), Alexandra Stavinschi (University of Oxford) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 72-97 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-16 |
| 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.29.1.03sta |
| OpenAlex | W2003410714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The paper provides a structured account of the evolution of the Romance pronominal/adnominal demonstrative systems, using both the analysis of medieval corpora and recent fieldwork. It identifies the mechanisms involved, building on a detailed analysis of the textual and extra-textual usage of demonstratives, which gives new insight into the nature of deixis and anaphora. The evidence shows that the genetic relation between deictics and anaphorics is not unidirectional: not only can anaphors originate from deictics, the reverse can also be shown to hold true, with pure anaphorics appearing to be a viable source for second-person deictics. The main driving force in the process is subjectification, which conditions the development at every stage. The evolution follows predictable pathways and turns out to be cyclic: three main recurrent patterns are clearly identifiable for all the varieties investigated
Anaphora (linguistics · Deixis · Demonstrative · Grammaticalization · Romance · Subjectification · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Medieval European Literature and History
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |