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Paradigms regained: Theoretical and empirical arguments for the reassessment of the notion of paradigm
Synopsis
The volume discusses the breadth of applications for an extended notion of paradigm. Paradigms in this sense are not only tools of morphological description but constitute the inherent structure of grammar. Grammatical paradigms are structural sets forming holistic, semiotic structures with an informational value of their own. We argue that as such, paradigms are a part of speaker knowledge and provide necessary structuring for grammaticalization processes. The papers discuss theoretical as well as conceptual questions and explore different domains of grammatical phenomena, ranging from grammaticalization, morphology, and cognitive semantics to modality, aiming to illustrate what the concept of grammatical paradigms can and cannot (yet) explain.
Chapters
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Paradigms regained
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Paradigms of paradigms
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Formalizing paradigms in Construction Grammar
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No paradigms without classificationHow stem-derivation develops into grammatical aspect
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Recursion and paradigms
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Redundant indexicality and paradigmatic reorganisations in the Middle Danish case system
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The semantic reorganisation of case paradigms and word order paradigms in the history of Danish
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The Dutch modals, a paradigm?
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Grammaticalisation, schematisation and paradigmaticisationHow they intersect in the development of German degree modifiers
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Generics as a paradigmA corpus-based study of Norwegian
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The importance of paradigmatic analysesFrom one lexical input into multiple grammatical paradigms