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In:Walking on the Grammaticalization Path of the Definite Article: Functional Main and Side Roads
Edited by Renata Szczepaniak and Johanna Flick
[Studies in Language Variation 23] 2020
► pp. 75–94

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What genericity reveals about the establishment of the definite determiner in German

 | Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Published online: 8 April 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.23.03pet
Abstract
This contribution deals with the rise of the definite determiner in generic noun phrases in German. It calls attention to a by now neglected part of the diachronic development of the determiner system of German and provides a special contribution on the subject, building upon newly collected, first-hand corpus data and its interpretation in the context of the current semantic debate on genericity.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Corpus, methods and a quantitative overview
  • 3.Exploring the variation
    • 3.1Previous suggestions
    • 3.2Activation
    • 3.3Emphasis
    • 3.4Nominalization
    • 3.5Case marking
  • 4.Conclusion and discussion
  • Notes
  • Text editions
  • References
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