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11. Languages and Societies: The 'Punctuated Equilibrium' Model of Language Development.

Author

Kuteva, Tania

Abstract

The goal of this article is twofold: (1) on the basis of non-conjectural, concrete cases, to establish the linguistic situations that are characteristic of the socio-historical states of equilibrium and punctuation; and (2) to show that neither the equilibrium nor punctuation can be uniquely defined by a particular linguistic situation specific to one, but not the other, of these socio-historical states. (Author/VWL)

Published
1999

12. Large Linguistic Areas in Grammaticalization: Auxiliation in Europe.

Author

Kuteva, Tania

Abstract

Argues that with regard to an important part of verbal morphosyntax (Tense-Aspect-Mood or TAM), it is possible to speak of a Standard Average European. Focus is on origins and evolution of TAM-markers, or TAM-auxiliation, suggesting that particular verb structures provide conceptual sources for auxiliation, and that it has an areal configuration pattern (core vs. periphery). (MSE)

Published
1998

18. On the status of wh-exclamatives in English

Author

Heine, Bernd, Kaltenboeck, Gunther, Kuteva, Tania, Heine, Bernd, Kaltenboeck, Gunther, and Kuteva, Tania

Abstract

Exclamative expressions like What an enormous crowd came! and How wonderful this journey is! have been described as forming one of the four basic sentence (or clause) types of English. The present paper discusses the main features of this type and analyzes them with reference to the framework of Discourse Grammar. It is argued that the structure of exclamatives can be related to other sentence types in terms of discourse strategies that are used for constructing texts, in particular by means of cooptation, a cognitive-communicative strategy that enables speakers to use existing text pieces for new discourse functions.

Published
2020

19. Where do demonstratives come from?

Author

Heine, Bernd, Kuteva, Tania, Long, Haiping, Narrog, Heiko, Wu, Fang, Heine, Bernd, Kuteva, Tania, Long, Haiping, Narrog, Heiko, and Wu, Fang

Abstract

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.

Published
2020

40. On 'sit'/'stand'/'lie' auxiliation

Author

Kuteva, Tania A.

Subjects
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Aspect, Slavic languages -- Analysis, Languages and linguistics
Abstract

The use of 'sit'/'stand'/'lie' + and + main verb to express the continuative/durative/progressive in Bulgarian is discussed. Topics include 'sit'/'stand'/'lie' auxiliation in other languages, an account of 'sit'/'stand'/'lie' auxiliation, the role of unmarked/canonical encodings of objects' spatial positions, and grammaticalization of the structure.

Published
1999

41. On identifying an evasive gram: Action Narrowly Averted

Author

Kuteva, Tania

Subjects
Structuralism -- Analysis, Grammaticality (Linguistics) -- Analysis, Languages and linguistics
Abstract

Action Narrowly Averted (ANA) exists on the basis of genetically and geographically remote languages. The grammaticalization theory is a tool enabling the description of linguistic behavior of ANA and related grams. Structuralist-oriented approaches assume juxtaposition of grammatical structures from other languages and result in full identity or idiosyncrasy.

Published
1998

49. Back again to the future: How to account for directionality in grammatical change?

Author

Heine, Bernd, Kuteva, Tania, and Narrog, Heiko

Abstract

Grammaticalization is commonly understood as a regular and essentially directional process. This generalization appears to be agreed upon in some form or other across many different schools of linguistics, even if it has not gone unchallenged. But there are different views on what exactly is regular. Taking the development from movement-based verbs to future tenses as an example, the present paper argues that neither contextual features nor inferential mechanisms, analogy, or constructional form seem to provide a sufficient basis for explaining the evolution of grammatical categories. The paper is based on the one hand on findings made in ⁠ǃ⁠Xun, a Southwest African language of the Kx’a family, formerly classified as “Northern Khoisan”, and on the other hand on a comparison of this language with observations made in the Germanic languages English, Dutch, and Swedish.

Published
2017
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50. Interview with Bernd Heine.

Author

Kuteva, Tania

Subjects
LINGUISTIC usage, AFRICAN languages, FUNCTIONAL linguistics, LANGUAGE research, DISCOURSE analysis
Published
2020

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