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Standing out with the progressive

Standing out with the progressive

 Wit, Astrid De
 Cambridge University Press, 2020
 United States : p. 479 - 514 English ISSN: 00222267
Extravagant languageNghiên cứu ngôn ngữ
Tác giả CN Wit, Astrid De
Nhan đề Standing out with the progressive / Astrid De Wit, Peter Petré, Frank Brisard
Thông tin xuất bản United States : Cambridge University Press, 2020
Mô tả vật lý p. 479 - 514
Tóm tắt In this paper we demonstrate on the basis of diachronic and synchronic data from a variety of languages that progressives are particularly liable to be used for the expression of extravagance. We define extravagant language use as a signaling mechanism that consists in the exploitation of an unconventional construction in a given context as a way for speakers to indicate that there is something non-canonical about the situation that they are reporting. Novel constructions naturally lend themselves to such extravagant exploitation, since they are by definition to a certain extent unconventional. This is why, as we will demonstrate, the English, Dutch and French progressives were notably often recruited in extravagant contexts at the onset of their development. However, our synchronic data reveal that Present-day English, Dutch and French progressives continue to be used for extravagant purposes, which suggests that there is something inherent about progressive aspect that makes it liable to such expressive usage. This is confirmed by data from other, typologically diverse languages. We offer a cognitive-semantic analysis in terms of epistemic contingency in order to account for this intrinsic association of progressive aspect and extravagance across languages. Our analysis thus reveals that extravagance is not a transient property of emerging progressives, but that, instead, the semantics of these constructions makes them particularly liable to be recruited for extravagant purposes. It also demonstrates that in order to analyze the range of uses of progressive constructions in a unified fashion, we need to look beyond the temporal import of these constructions.
Thuật ngữ chủ đề Extravagant language
Từ khóa tự do Nghiên cứu ngôn ngữ
Tác giả(bs) CN Brisard, Frank
Tác giả(bs) CN Petré, Peter
Nguồn trích Journal of Linguistics- Volume 56, Issue 3, 01 August 2020
Tệp tin điện tử https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-linguistics/article/abs/standing-out-with-the-progressive/F4B79B2B270614664C781F705AAFDD80#article
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