Projects
Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification Ghent University
The project aims to contribute to current research efforts dealing with (the interaction between) the processen of grammaticalization (in the structural domain) and (inter)subjectification (in the semantic domain) in language change. It will focus on three major issues:
1) the precise nature of the semantic changes in subjectification and in intersubjectification, and their relationship with the structural developments in ...
The grammaticalization of constructions with taxonomic nouns in Polish and Russian: Between prepositional phrase and genitive KU Leuven
Grammaticalization in Japanese and the Trans-Eurasian languages. KU Leuven
Sabbatical Anna Kisiel KU Leuven
The goal of this sabbatical is twofold. On one hand I plan to establish new connections with researchers within and outside of Europe that would lead to a new scientific cooperation. On the other hand, I hope to use this time, and the expertise of the colleagues, to complete the works on the current C1-project. The new cooperations will be established via internet with colleagues overseas (e.g. Steven L. Franks at Indiana University ...
The role of discourse in grammaticalization. KU Leuven
The grammaticalization of the future and conditional tense in the history of Ibero-Romance: a language and dialect contact approach Ghent University
Patterns and alternant structures for future time reference in Gallo-Romance: functional-systemic challenges for a grammaticalization account. KU Leuven
Grammaticalization or diffusion: a contrastive study of the mechanisms and factors in the development of English and Dutch infinitives. KU Leuven
The Mandarin Chinese Ba-construction: Diachronic, Synchronic and Constructional Perspectives KU Leuven
The proposed project provides a synchronic and diachronic study of the ba-construction in Mandarin Chinese. In essence, it is an SOV construction in which the marker ba precedes the object, which in turn is followed by the verb expressing the action affecting the object. Its structure can be represented as “subject + ba + object + verb (+ X)”. The construction is traditionally said to convey the notion of ‘disposal’, whereby ba functions as a ...