Renata Szczepaniak

List of John Benjamins publications in which Renata Szczepaniak is involved.

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Walking on the Grammaticalization Path of the Definite Article: Functional Main and Side Roads

Edited by Renata Szczepaniak and Johanna Flick

This volume focuses on the grammaticalization of the definite article in German. It contains eight empirically-based papers which examine individual stages of the grammaticalization path from its beginnings as a demonstrative to the definite article and beyond. Focusing on cognitive, pragmatic,… read more

[Studies in Language Variation, 23] 2020. vi, 253 pp.

Szczepaniak, Renata and Johanna Flick 2020 Introduction: Walking on the grammaticalization path of the definite article – functional main and side roads Walking on the Grammaticalization Path of the Definite Article: Functional Main and Side Roads, Szczepaniak, Renata and Johanna Flick (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter

Petersen, Hjalmar P. and Renata Szczepaniak 2018 The development of non-paradigmatic linking elements in Faroese and the decline of the genitive case Germanic Genitives, Ackermann, Tanja, Horst J. Simon and Christian Zimmer (eds.), pp. 115–145 | Chapter

This paper focuses on the development of linking elements in Faroese. It aims to capture the whole dissociation process of the Faroese linking elements, which comprises the ongoing decline of the genitive case as well as the distributional, functional and formal changes within the linking system.… read more

Szczepaniak, Renata 2016 Is the development of linking elements in German a case of exaptation? Exaptation and Language Change, Norde, Muriel and Freek Van de Velde (eds.), pp. 317–340 | Article

The development of linking elements in German has usually been analysed as a case of exaptation. In this paper, a more differentiated picture of this development is presented. What at first sight seems to be a clear case of exaptation (old form > new function) turns out to be a complex process… read more

Szczepaniak, Renata 2010 Jespersen’s Cycle in German from the phonological perspective of syllable and word languages Continuity and Change in Grammar, Breitbarth, Anne, Christopher Lucas, Sheila Watts and David Willis (eds.), pp. 321–334 | Article

This chapter deals with the phonological aspect of Jespersen’s Cycle in German. This is the process whereby the older, Germanic negator ni was replaced by the more recent particle niht during the Middle High German period. At the same time, German changed from a syllable language to a word language. read more

Szczepaniak, Renata 2007 Glimpses into receptive dictionary use: Proficient learners' perspective. Rationale for the research perspective Dictionary Visions, Research and Practice: Selected papers from the 12th International Symposium on Lexicography, Copenhagen 2004, Gottlieb, Henrik and Jens Erik Mogensen (eds.), pp. 147–164 | Article