"He loved his father but next to adored his mother": Nigh(ly), Near, and Next (To) as Downtoners

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

"He loved his father but next to adored his mother": Nigh(ly), Near, and Next (To) as Downtoners

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In Present-Day English, nearly functions as an approximator downtoner meaning &apos;almost, all but, virtually,&apos; 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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

"He loved his father but next to adored his mother": Nigh(ly), Near, and Next (To) as Downtoners

Popis výsledku anglicky

In Present-Day English, nearly functions as an approximator downtoner meaning &apos;almost, all but, virtually,&apos; 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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

—

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of English Linguistics

ISSN

0075-4242

e-ISSN

1552-5457

Svazek periodika

49

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

39-60

Kód UT WoS článku

000609722400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85098751886