From Motion to Desire: The Grammaticalization of a Change of Location Unaccusative Construction in Romanian.

Autor: Dragomirescu, Adina, Nicolae, Alexandru
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Zdroj: Probus: International Journal of Latin & Romance Linguistics; Sep2020, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p303-326, 24p
Abstrakt: This paper documents the steps and analyses the processes by which a concrete change of location unaccusative construction based on a venitive verb grammaticalizes in Romanian as a modal construction exhibiting a variety of desiderative meanings, the most prominent of which is the urge-type of desiderative meaning. This diachronic change is atypical: the venitive verb underwent desemanticization but does not show any detectable morphophonological erosion or decategorialization. Furthermore, the desiderative meaning arises only when the venitive verb is accompanied by a dative clitic (originally, a goal of motion) and a subjunctive CP. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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