Article published In: Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area
Vol. 42:1 (2019) ► pp.143–147
Notes and squibs
A note on the history of the term “pronomenalisation”
Published online: 14 June 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.00005.lap
https://doi.org/10.1075/ltba.00005.lap
Abstract
This short note discusses the origin and development of the use
of the term “pronomenalisation” (pronominalization) in Sino-Tibetan linguistics, pointing out that the concept was originally a typological one, and that the
phenomenon was seen as the result of grammaticalization, i.e. the free pronouns
being copied onto the verb.
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