An inquiry into unidirectionality as a foundational element of grammaticalization: On the role played by analogy and the synchronic grammar system in processes of language change
An inquiry into unidirectionality as a foundational element of grammaticalization: On the role played by analogy and the synchronic grammar system in processes of language change
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对作为语法化基本要素的单向性的探究：论类比和共时语法系统在语言变化过程中所扮演的角色
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2013
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O. Fischer
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本文认为，为了解释而不是描述语言的变化，历史语言学家不仅要考虑在语言输出层面发生的历时性变化，而且更重要的是，说话者和听话者在处理层面做了什么。这是因为语言的结构是由语言使用和语言学习背后的神经语言学机制的特性塑造的。本文认为，类比作为语法形成的一个重要原则，是语法化的主要机制，从加工的角度来看，类比是语法化的主要机制。本文讨论了英语历史上一些传统上被解释为单向语法化的案例中类比的作用。相反，我们将展示涉及多个源结构，它们相互影响，从而为变化提供方向。
This paper assumes that in order to explain rather than describe language change, historical linguists should not only consider what happens diachronically at the language output level but also, crucially, what speaker-listeners do at the processing level. The reason for this is that the structure of the language is shaped by the properties of the neurolinguistic mechanism underlying both language use and language learning. It will be argued that analogy as an important principle in grammar formation is the main mechanism in grammaticalization and in change in general when looked at from a processing point of view. The paper discusses the workings of analogy in a number of cases in the history of English which have traditionally been interpreted as unidirectional cases of grammaticalization . It will be shown instead that multiple source constructions were involved, which influenced one another and thus gave direction to the change.