The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators

The present article analyzes the polysemy of the element ti in Kituba from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, by applying the framework of dynamic semantic maps and waves. The qualitative and quantitative corpus study, enhanced by evidence provided by Kituba native speakers, demonstrates the...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Alexander Andrason
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN FR
Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2019
Materias:	Cognitive linguistics semantic maps grammaticalization conjunctive coordination Bantu Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/aaf581df06cb45f6a58105db872ef8f7
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:aaf581df06cb45f6a58105db872ef8f7
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aaf581df06cb45f6a58105db872ef8f72021-11-19T03:51:57ZThe map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators10.32473/sal.v48i1.1149310039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/aaf581df06cb45f6a58105db872ef8f72019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/114931https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428X The present article analyzes the polysemy of the element ti in Kituba from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, by applying the framework of dynamic semantic maps and waves. The qualitative and quantitative corpus study, enhanced by evidence provided by Kituba native speakers, demonstrates the following: although ti spans most parts of the typological map of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators, its center of prototypicality is located in the initial stage (comitative) and two intermediate stages (possessive and certain types of coordinate-hood) available along the grammaticalization pathway underlying the map. This suggests a semi-advanced grammaticalization profile for ti. The study also proposes certain changes in the typological map of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators, postulating new components of the map (or grammaticalization stages), and alternative linking directions. Additionally, a possible manner of introducing quantitative data (related to prototypicality) to the qualitative map of polysemy is presented. The resulting model is argued to exhibit properties typical of complexity: structural intricacy, gradience, fuzziness, and multi-causality. Alexander AndrasonLibraryPress@UFarticleCognitive linguisticssemantic mapsgrammaticalizationconjunctive coordinationBantuPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 48, Iss 1 (2019)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN FR
topic	Cognitive linguistics semantic maps grammaticalization conjunctive coordination Bantu Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	Cognitive linguistics semantic maps grammaticalization conjunctive coordination Bantu Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Alexander Andrason The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
description	The present article analyzes the polysemy of the element ti in Kituba from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, by applying the framework of dynamic semantic maps and waves. The qualitative and quantitative corpus study, enhanced by evidence provided by Kituba native speakers, demonstrates the following: although ti spans most parts of the typological map of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators, its center of prototypicality is located in the initial stage (comitative) and two intermediate stages (possessive and certain types of coordinate-hood) available along the grammaticalization pathway underlying the map. This suggests a semi-advanced grammaticalization profile for ti. The study also proposes certain changes in the typological map of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators, postulating new components of the map (or grammaticalization stages), and alternative linking directions. Additionally, a possible manner of introducing quantitative data (related to prototypicality) to the qualitative map of polysemy is presented. The resulting model is argued to exhibit properties typical of complexity: structural intricacy, gradience, fuzziness, and multi-causality.
format	article
author	Alexander Andrason
author_facet	Alexander Andrason
author_sort	Alexander Andrason
title	The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
title_short	The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
title_full	The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
title_fullStr	The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
title_full_unstemmed	The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
title_sort	map of ti in kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators
publisher	LibraryPress@UF
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/aaf581df06cb45f6a58105db872ef8f7
work_keys_str_mv	AT alexanderandrason themapoftiinkitubatestingandexpandingthetypologicalmodelofthepolysemyofconjunctivecoordinators AT alexanderandrason mapoftiinkitubatestingandexpandingthetypologicalmodelofthepolysemyofconjunctivecoordinators
_version_	1718420627722862592

The map of ti in Kituba - testing and expanding the typological model of the polysemy of conjunctive coordinators

Ejemplares similares