Pragmatic differentiation of negative markers in the early stages of Jespersen's cycle in North Germanic
Pragmatic differentiation of negative markers in the early stages of Jespersen's cycle in North Germanic
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北日耳曼语耶斯佩森周期早期否定标记的语用分化
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10.1075/dia.16040.bla
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2018
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0.7
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Blaxter T
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Blaxter T
本文考察了新否定标记在否定更新初期的语用功能， “叶斯珀森周期”我们概述了这些标记物的类型学，提出了一种途径，它们开始专门用于 话语旧命题，后来扩展到推断命题，最后才成为可能的话语新命题 命题。这一框架适用于一个被忽视的情况下，Jespersen的周期在北日耳曼语：更换早期 Norwegianei（gi）“not”byekki（最初是“nothing”）从1250年到1550年。我们 在1425年左右，记录了fekki频率的急剧上升，这表明在此之前，ekkihad 被限制在否定话语的旧命题。一旦取消了这一限制，ei（gi） andekkiccompeted直接，导致迅速更换ofei（gi）byekki.这种在类型学上不寻常的直接替换否定词而没有中间的加倍阶段， 这主要是由于新否定词的来源是否定不定式，以及早期挪威语中缺乏否定协和音。
This article investigates the pragmatic function of new negative markers during incipient renewal of negation in ‘Jespersen’s cycle’. We outline a typology of these markers, suggesting a pathway by which they begin as specialized for use with discourse-old propositions and later expand to inferred propositions before finally becoming possible with discourse-new propositions. This framework is applied to an overlooked case of Jespersen’s cycle in North Germanic: replacement of early Norwegianei(gi) “not” byekki(originally “nothing”) from 1250 to 1550. We document a sharp rise in frequency ofekkiaround 1425, suggesting that, until then,ekkihad been restricted to negating discourse-old propositions. Once this constraint was lifted,ei(gi) andekkicompeted directly, resulting in rapid replacement ofei(gi) byekki. This typologically unusual direct replacement of a negator with no intervening doubling stage can be attributed to the new negator’s origin as a negative indefinite and the lack of negative concord in early Norwegian.