The Origin of the Periphrastic Future in Old Norse

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Origin of the Periphrastic Future in Old Norse

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article investigates the linguistic conditions under which future periphrasis emerged in Old Norse (or its predecessor). Old Norse holds a special position within the Germanic branch since it was the first language where a future periphrastic construction was grammaticalized and became the main means of referring to the future, while other old Germanic languages mostly used the present tense in future meaning. The principal exponent of the Old Norse periphrastic future was the auxiliary verb munu, attested in this function as early as the 9th century. It is argued that it expressed a remarkably nonmodal future and that it had also developed an early epistemic use which is derived from the futural meaning. This, as well as the morphological development of munu, is indicative of an early origin of the periphrastic future. In order to account for that it is argued, through comparison with other Germanic languages, that Proto-Germanic made use of verbal prefixes (particularly *ga-) to provide present tense forms with perfective aspect, and hence with future meaning. Since unaccented prefixes were all lost in North Germanic at an early point, future periphrasis with the verb munu started to develop as a reaction to the loss. It is further argued that another unique feature of the Old Norse verbal system, the use of the historical present, is also linked to this process. The early development of a future periphrastic construction is considered an important syntactic change, setting apart the North Germanic tense system from the West and East Germanic ones.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Origin of the Periphrastic Future in Old Norse

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article investigates the linguistic conditions under which future periphrasis emerged in Old Norse (or its predecessor). Old Norse holds a special position within the Germanic branch since it was the first language where a future periphrastic construction was grammaticalized and became the main means of referring to the future, while other old Germanic languages mostly used the present tense in future meaning. The principal exponent of the Old Norse periphrastic future was the auxiliary verb munu, attested in this function as early as the 9th century. It is argued that it expressed a remarkably nonmodal future and that it had also developed an early epistemic use which is derived from the futural meaning. This, as well as the morphological development of munu, is indicative of an early origin of the periphrastic future. In order to account for that it is argued, through comparison with other Germanic languages, that Proto-Germanic made use of verbal prefixes (particularly *ga-) to provide present tense forms with perfective aspect, and hence with future meaning. Since unaccented prefixes were all lost in North Germanic at an early point, future periphrasis with the verb munu started to develop as a reaction to the loss. It is further argued that another unique feature of the Old Norse verbal system, the use of the historical present, is also linked to this process. The early development of a future periphrastic construction is considered an important syntactic change, setting apart the North Germanic tense system from the West and East Germanic ones.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi

ISSN

0066-7668

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Svazek periodika

136

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

prosinec

Stát vydavatele periodika

SE - Švédské království

Počet stran výsledku

48

Strana od-do

25-72

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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