Old Russian Possessive Constructions: A Construction Grammar Approach

Hanne Martine Eckhoff

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2011

Old Russian Possessive Constructions

A Construction Grammar Approach

Hanne Martine Eckhoff

Volume 237 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110255041

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About this book

This book is a detailed study of the possessive semantic space within the framework of construction grammar. Using corpus data from Old Church Slavonic and Old Russian, the book uses semantic maps to document the relationship between form and meaning in a set of semantically closely related syntactic constructions that can all express adnominal possession and all partially overlap. The book also traces the development of these constructions from the earliest Slavic attestations towards Modern Russian, thus also using the semantic maps as a diachronic tool.

This approach results in a much improved analysis of the data at hand: The competing possessive constructions are treated as partly synonymous constructions in the same semantic space. Changes are then seen to follow paths in this space. The constructionist perspective also allows discerning the relative contributions of the possessor nominal, the possessee nominal and properties of the constructions themselves.

The book is a contribution to Slavic historical linguistics, to the general understanding of adnominal possession and to forwarding functionalist approaches to syntactic change.

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Hanne Martine Eckhoff, University of Oslo, Norway.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Chapter 1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. A map of the possessive semantic space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Chapter 3. The constructions in Old Russian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Chapter 4. ID: Reference points on instance level Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 5. The ELAB nodes: Intrinsic relationships Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 6. Types and conventionalised units: TYPE and LABEL Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 7. Synchrony and diachrony Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 8. Concluding remarks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Appendix: Corpus and method Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers working on Slavic Historical Syntax, Possessives, Historical Syntax in general, Cognitive Grammar, Construction Grammar
Pages
- Front matter: 11
- Main content: 215
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 59
- Tables: 31
Keywords: Slavic Languages; Historical Syntax; Cognitive Grammar; Construction Grammar

eBook

Published: October 27, 2011
ISBN: 9783110255041

Hardcover

Published: October 17, 2011
ISBN: 9783110255034