C. Jac Conradie

List of John Benjamins publications in which C. Jac Conradie is involved.

Titles

Signergy

Edited by C. Jac Conradie, Ronél Johl, Marthinus Beukes, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg

The title of this volume strives to capture the dynamic scope and range of the essays it contains, applying insights into the workings of iconicity to texts as far removed from each other in time as the Medieval tale of a bishop-fish and the war-poems of 20th century Italian Futurist F.T.… read more

[Iconicity in Language and Literature, 9] 2010. x, 420 pp.

Präteritumschwund und Diskursgrammatik: Präteritumschwund in gesamteuropäischen Bezügen: areale Ausbreitung, heterogene Entstehung, Parsing sowie diskursgrammatische Grundlagen und Zusammenhänge

Werner Abraham und C. Jac Conradie

This work demonstrates that what is commonly called preterite decay in Upper German (PS; cf. German Präteritumschwund) is in fact a phenomenon common to a great number of European languages, all of which are in areal con-tact. However, the conclusion that this is a phenomenon arising under areal… read more

[Not in series, 103] 2001. xiv, 148 pp.

Articles (14) | Order by:

Conradie, C. Jac 2015 Don’t read too much into the runes Iconicity: East meets West, Hiraga, Masako K., William J. Herlofsky, Kazuko Shinohara and Kimi Akita (eds.), pp. 219–238 | Article

Runic inscriptions, particularly those dedicated to the deceased, generally commence with a reference to its initiator and furthermore mentions the (usually highly regarded) rune writer by name, before the person that the monument is dedicated to is even named or related to his/her actions or the… read more

Conradie, C. Jac 2013 Grammar-internal mimicking and analogy Iconic Investigations, Elleström, Lars, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 63–82 | Article

Mimicking is a form of imitation according to which a construction or part-construction is inserted in its most typical or recognisable form in a morphological or syntactic context without regard to its proper grammatical integration. The purpose of mimicking rather than adapting a structure is… read more

Conradie, C. Jac 2012 The Dutch-Afrikaans participial prefix ge-: A case of degrammaticalization? Historical Linguistics 2009: Selected papers from the 19th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Nijmegen, 10-14 August 2009, Kemenade, Ans M.C. van and Nynke de Haas (eds.), pp. 131–154 | Article

The prefix ge- has become morphologically much less integrated with the past participle (p.p.) in Afrikaans than in Dutch as a result of across the board regularization of the p.p. in Afrikaans. Other changes relating to ge- include the loss of complementary distribution with prefixes such as be-,… read more

Conradie, C. Jac 2010 From icon to index and back: A 16th century description of a “sea-bishop” Signergy, Conradie, C. Jac, Ronél Johl, Marthinus Beukes, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 211–224 | Article

A fish caught off the coast of Poland in the 15th century with the appearance and mannerisms of a bishop and therefore a possible “sign” given to man by the Creator is interrogated by the bishops and king of Poland and almost incarcerated because of its inability to speak, but finally set free in… read more

Johl, Ronél, C. Jac Conradie and Marthinus Beukes 2010 Introduction: Signergy Signergy, Conradie, C. Jac, Ronél Johl, Marthinus Beukes, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Introduction