Directionals and re-autonomization in Dutch modals

Autor:	Jan Nuyts, Wim Caers
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Linguistics and Language Modal verb Linguistics Sociology Language and Linguistics
Zdroj:	Language Dynamics & Change Language dynamics and change
ISSN:	2210-5824 2210-5832
Popis:	Modal auxiliaries in Present Day Dutch are going through a process of ‘re-autonomization’, i.e. they are increasingly used without a main verb elsewhere in the clause, in ways which are not possible in other Germanic languages. Many Germanic languages do allow omission of the main verb when a modal is combined with a directional phrase in the clause. This paper investigates whether the latter phenomenon may have been the cause of the former process in Dutch. A diachronic corpus study of the Dutch modals shows that the answer is negative. The paper offers an alternative suggestion as to how the re-autonomization trend may have emerged.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d3073ec845749984715eaa37f60afd4a https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:irua:7230 Zobrazit plný text záznamu