Giulio Scivoletto
List of John Benjamins publications in which Giulio Scivoletto is
involved.
Title
Semantic-Pragmatic Change from Intersubjective to Textual Meanings
Edited by Giulio Scivoletto and Ryo Takamura
This is the first comprehensive volume to explore the tendency from ‘intersubjective’ to ‘textual’ functions in semantic-pragmatic change. It challenges the influential hypothesis based on the pioneering works by Traugott, i.e. the unidirectionality of change from objective to subjective and then… read moreArticles
This chapter deals with the topic of intersubjectification as a tendency of semantic-pragmatic change, taking into consideration the evolution of two discourse markers in Sicilian, arà and bì. In order to define the concept of intersubjectification, some underlying notions are presented:… read more This introduction presents this volume, explaining how it originated and what issues it intends to tackle. After setting its context and rationale, the theoretical background is discussed, i.e. the tendency of semantic-pragmatic change to be associated with cases of grammaticalization. The… read more This study addresses the evolution of the Sicilian discourse marker mentri to explore the concept of cyclicity in semantic–pragmatic change. Stemming from Latin dŭm ĭntĕrim (‘while, in the meantime’), the temporal conjunction develops – like its Romance cognates – an adversative function meaning… read more 
