"He loved his father but next to adored his mother": Nigh(ly), Near, and Next (To) as Downtoners
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11320%2F21%3A10439988" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11320/21:10439988 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=M2uitZ0egK" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=M2uitZ0egK</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0075424220979126" target="_blank" >10.1177/0075424220979126</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
"He loved his father but next to adored his mother": Nigh(ly), Near, and Next (To) as Downtoners
Original language description
In Present-Day English, nearly functions as an approximator downtoner meaning 'almost, all but, virtually,' as do earlier variants based on the same root-nigh, nighly, near, next (to)-though more rarely and in more restricted contexts. Nigh functions as an approximator downtoner in Old and Middle English. When near displaces nigh, nigh is retained as a downtoner with lexical adjectives expressing negative semantic prosody. Near is used as a downtoner in later Middle and Early Modern English. However, degree adjunct uses are not well attested, thus pointing to incomplete grammaticalization. During the eighteenth century, the new -ly form (nearly) takes over the innovative downtoner function and the old form (near) is retained in the original locative sense, with some remnant downtoner uses. Next (to) grammaticalizes as a downtoner, but proceeds only to the degree modifier stage and involves a high degree of idiomaticization, thus suggesting incipient grammaticalization. As spatial adverbs, nigh/near/next (to)/nearly represent one of the well-known sources for the grammaticalization of degree adverbs. However, these forms seem to follow a pathway where the degree modifier use (adjective/participle modifier) precedes the degree adjunct use (verb modifier), contrary to the reverse pathway postulated for other degree adverbs.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
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Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of English Linguistics
ISSN
0075-4242
e-ISSN
1552-5457
Volume of the periodical
49
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
39-60
UT code for WoS article
000609722400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85098751886