In:The Life Cycle of Adpositions
T. Givón
[Not in series 236] 2021
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Published online: 2 July 2021
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements
PrefaceIX
Chapter 1.How do nominal case-markers become verbal affixes?1
1.1The functional-syntactic domain of adpositions1
1.2Locus of cliticization4
1.3Verb-attached adpositions8
1.4The typological-diachronic conundrum10
1.5Steps toward a diachrony20
1.5.1Overview20
1.5.2Post-verbal prepositions in English20
1.5.3Post-verbal incorporation of prepositions in KinyaRwanda: Promotion to DO
24
1.5.4Pre-verbal incorporation of post-positions in Rama27
1.6Discussion31
Abbreviations of grammatical terms32
Chapter 2.The diachronic baseline: Pre-nominal prepositions in Homeric Greek33
2.1Introduction33
2.2Phonological and grammatical transcription: Caveats and apologia37
2.3The Homeric text39
2.4Pre-nominal prepositions in the Homeric text40
2.4.1Preamble40
2.4.2Examples of the use of individual pre-nominal prepositions41
2.5Quantitative text distribution54
2.5.1Functional-syntactic distribution of pre-nominal preposition54
2.5.2Pre-verbal (OV) vs. post-verbal (VO) prepositional phrases57
2.5.3Text frequency of nominal-attached vs. verb-attached prepositions59
2.6Summary60
Abbreviations of grammatical terms61
Appendix 161
Appendix 263
Appendix 363
Chapter 3.The diachronic target: Pre-verbal prepositions in Homeric Greek65
3.1Preamble65
3.2Functional-syntactic categories65
3.3Quantitative text-distribution80
3.3.1Text distribution of pre-nominal vs. pre-verbal prepositions80
3.3.2Text distribution of the semantic/syntactic types of pre-verbal prepositions82
3.4Interim summary83
Abbreviations of grammatical terms84
Appendix 185
Appendix 286
Chapter 4.Detached (‘severed’) prepositions in Homeric Greek89
4.1Recapitulation89
4.2Detached prepositions: A preliminary survey90
4.3Pre-verbal vs. post-verbal detached prepositions94
4.4Quantitative text distribution of functional-syntactic patterns of detached prepositions97
4.5Detached prepositions and second-position ‘particles’102
4.6Overall functional load of the various prepositional constructions103
4.7Discussion104
Abbreviations of grammatical terms106
Appendix 1106
Appendix 2107
Appendix 3107
Chapter 5.The pre-verbal ‘Augment’ e- in Homeric Greek as an earlier cycle of pre-verbal prepositions109
5.1Introduction109
5.2Clausal/verbal contexts for the use of the pre-verbal ‘Augment’ e-114
5.2.1Intransitive verbs with an indirect object115
5.2.2Bi-transitive transfer verbs124
5.2.3The residue130
5.3Discussion138
Abbreviations of grammatical terms140
Appendix 1141
Chapter 6.The pre-verbal ‘Augment’ e- in Homeric Greek when preceded by prepositions145
6.1Introduction145
6.2Functional-syntactic context145
6.2.1Intransitive verbal clause with indirect objects146
6.2.2Bi-transitive verbs157
6.2.3The residue161
6.3Quantitative text distribution163
6.4Discussion164
Abbreviations of grammatical terms165
Appendix 1166
Chapter 7.Mirror image: How English prepositions became post-verbal clitics169
7.1Introduction169
7.2Chaucer (1340–1400)169
7.3Malory (1410–1471)172
7.4Shakespeare (1564–1616)178
7.5Twentieth Century English183
7.5.1Mid-Twentieth-Century fiction: Elmore Leonard183
7.5.2Oral narrative188
7.5.3Functional distribution of post-verbal prepositions in spoken English191
7.6Discussion194
7.7Closure195
Bibliography197
General index201
Language index205
