Abstract

The present paper aims to explore, and address some issues concerning the Romance diachronic morphosyntax in the light of theoretical and methodological considerations on the grammaticalization and pragmaticalization phenomena, and the question of linguistic change. Building on the previous work concerning grammaticalization, we intend to reveal a pragma-linguistic scenario that accounts for the actual situation of the Romanian indefinite compounds. We consider this subject to be very particular, meaning that the historical development of these pro-forms is not a canonical case of grammaticalization or pragmaticalization.

Details

Title
The grammaticalization and pragmaticalization of the Romanian indefinite pro-forms: a corpus-based approachThe grammaticalization and pragmaticalization of the Romanian indefinite pro-forms: a corpus-based approach
Author
Alice Preda Bodoc; Gomoescu, Monica Ardeleanu
Pages
223-256
Section
Artículos
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Servicio de Publicaciones
e-ISSN
1576-4737
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2428260904
Copyright
© 2016. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.