Rebalancing indexicality

Sonnenhauser, Barbara (2024): Rebalancing indexicality. Why we might not need the concept of pragmaticalization. In: Graf, Elena und Schweie, Ulrich (Hrsg.): Pragmaticalization: Language Change between Text and Grammar. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, Bd. 370. Berlin ; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. S. 141-158

Abstract

Pragmaticalization has been proposed as a concept to capture specific processes of language change that differ from grammaticalization by leading to the emergence of discourseoriented elements and structures. The present paper provides a critical discussion of this concept on the basis of selected examples from Slavic languages. It proposes a different approach to capture the underlying intuition, namely considering the specific balancing of semiotic qualities, in particular the role of syntagmatic indexicality, as characteristic of alleged “pragmaticalized” structures.

• Dokumententyp: Buchbeitrag
• Fakultät: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften > Department 2 > Slavische Philologie
• Themengebiete: 400 Sprache > 490 Andere Sprachen
• ISBN: 978-3-11-076089-7 ; 978-3-11-076113-9 ; 978-3-11-076135-1
• Ort: Berlin ; Boston
• Sprache: Englisch