In Search of the Continuum of Grammar and Lexis: An Example of Grammaticalization Cover Image

W poszukiwaniu kontinuum gramatyki i leksyki: przykład gramatykalizacji
In Search of the Continuum of Grammar and Lexis: An Example of Grammaticalization

Author(s): Przemysław Łozowski
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Lexis, Baltic Languages
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: language as a continuum; grammaticalization versus lexicalisation; cognitive linguistics

Summary/Abstract: We refer to the phenomenon of grammaticalization, and ask the question whether it is justified to talk about the continuum of grammar and lexis in language, and if it is, then in what sense and in what degree. In the case of grammaticalization, we follow Jerzy Kuryłowicz’s interpretation, and in the case of the notion of continuum, we refer to the findings of Ronald Langacker, and take into consideration a series of possible interpretations/models of his understanding of the continuity of grammar and lexis.

  • Issue Year: 14/2019
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 29-42
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish