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On deictic motion verbs in Homeric Greek
2017
This paper investigates the basic motion verbs ‘go’ and ‘come’ in Homeric Greek. In particular, it aims to examinewhether the deictic component,which is usually ascribed to the inherent semantic meaning of these verbs cross–linguistically, has to be considered as a prototypical semantic property of εἶμι ‘go’ and βαίνω ‘step; go; come’. These latter can indeed take a deictic interpretation at a pragmatic, syntactic or discourse level, but I will show how the deictic component is not inherently associated with their lexical semantics. Data from the contexts of use of these verbs, in both narrative discourse and direct speech, strongly suggest that the original semantic opposition between ‘go’…
Grammatical changes caused by contact between Livonian and Latvian
2014
The article provides insight into the process of various grammatical changes in Livonian and Latvian that have taken place as a result of prolonged contact between the languages. Livonian is strongly influenced by Latvian at different levels due to the close contact between the speakers of two languages; it is necessary to note that speakers of Livonian were bilinguals for a long time. It is clear that Livonian has affected Latvian in a similar way. The process of mutual borrowings can be observed most clearly in the vocabulary, especially in dialects; however, there are changes that have occurred in the phonetics and grammar as well. Different changes can be found as a result of mutual inf…
Homeric Evidences of an Inherently Actional Opposition: ἔρχομαι vs ἦλθον
2020
The paper aims at analyzing the paradigmatic relationship between the verbs ἔρχομαι and ἦλθον in Homeric Greek. Both verbs convey the idea of going within a Homeric suppletive paradigm. Although suppletivism between ἔρχομαι, εἶμι, ἐλεύσομαι (future), ἦλθον (aorist), εἰλήλουθα (perfect) is generally accepted, there is still uncertainty on both etymology and semantic features involving inherent actionality, with particular reference to ἔρχομαι. Therefore, the actional status of ἔρχομαι and its relationship with ἦλθον need further investigation. A textual analysis of the Homeric occurrences of both ἔρχομαι and ἦλθον, focusing on the semantic-syntactic discourse context, has shed light on their…
LA GRAMMATICALIZZAZIONE DEI VERBI DI MOVIMENTO IN SICILIANO: IL CASO DI IRI ‘ANDARE’ IN FUNZIONE DIRETTIVA
2019
Esiste in siciliano una costruzione direttiva formata dalla seconda persona singolare dell’imperativo di iri ‘andare’ e la seconda persona, singolare o plurale, dell’imperativo di un verbo lessicale (va pigghilu ‘(lett.) va prendilo’). Sullo sfondo di alcuni studi che hanno indagato lo sviluppo delle marche direttive in diverse lingue del mondo da una prospettiva storico-pragmatica, la costruzione è interpretata come risultato di un processo di grammaticalizzazione che si origina nella interazione diadica tra i partecipanti dello speech act, innescato dalle specificità deittiche del verbo (allontanamento dal punto di vista del parlante); poiché il punto di vista del parlante viene incluso n…
Sul suppletivismo verbale in Omero: l’apporto della prospettiva tipologica talmiana
2020
This paper aims at investigating the partially uncertain relationship on which the suppletion of the Homeric verbal forms within the paradigm for ‘go’ is based. For this purpose, the Homeric distribution of some motion verbs for ‘go’, as well as their contexts of use, are taken into account. In the light of Talmy’s theoretical framework of the lexicalization patterns, the analysis focuses on the motion events expressed by ἔρχομαι and ἦλϑον (fut. ἐλεύσομαι, pf. εἰλήλουϑα) and their cooccurring spatial elements, i.e. particles, adverbs, nominal case markers, which encode the path followed by the moving object. Building on telicity as a verb-inherent actional feature (i.e. Lexical Aspect), and…
Going in Homer: The Role of Verb-Inherent Actionality Within Self-Propelled Motion-Event Encoding
2019
The paper aims at investigating the encoding of self-propelled motion events in Homeric Greek in the light of the typology of motion events, taking into account the case of to go. The verbal class of the self-propelled motion refers to those verbs expressing the idea of a simple translational motion, such as to go, to move, without any information about the manner of motion (see, by contrast, the class of the manner-of-motion verbs, such as to run, to swim) or about the path of motion (see, by contrast, the class of the path verbs, such as to enter, to exit). According to Talmy (2000), world languages can be distinguished depending on whether they prototypically express the semantic compone…
Els epítets dels artistes baixmedievals al servei dels poders reial i municipal
2021
Aquest article estudia els adjectius que van rebre els artistes que treballaren per al rei i per a les elits ciutadanes en els territoris de parla catalana durant els segles XIV i XV. En particular, se n’hi examinen dos: apte i subtil. Les notícies exhumades per uns altres especialistes fins al moment permeten comprendre’ls en el propi context documental. Ací es compara el seu significat amb uns altres exemples de la literatura baixmedieval de la Corona d’Aragó i es du a terme una aproximació històrica com a paraules que al·ludien a la perícia de l’artista i que van ser escollides amb una finalitat. Participaren i repercutiren, per tant, en la relació històrica de l’artista amb el client, …
Deissi spaziale e verbi di movimento in vedico
2016
This study is part of a broader research project on temporal and spatial deixis in the Proto-Indo-European language. Specifically, the aim of this paper is to investigate the basic motion verbs go and come in Vedic. The deictic component of PATH has often been considered as inherent to the lexical semantics of these verbs cross-linguistically. However, I will show that Vedic i “go”, gā “go; come; step” and gam “go; come” express a deictically-neutral meaning of ‘moving along a path’, which is not characterized with regard to both MANNER and PATH. Data suggest that these verbs can take on a deictic interpretation by cooccurring with specific particles, adverbs, demonstratives, and personal p…
Sobre alguns participis actius amb verbs de moviment
2021
L’objectiu d’aquest estudi és analitzar les estructures formades a partir de la combinació d’un participi amb un verb de moviment, en casos com venir plorat de casa. L’interès d’aquestes dades rau en el fet que els participis que descrivim no són actius (plorat, tossit), però adquireixen una lectura activa en combinar-se amb verbs de desplaçament (venir, sortir, arribar). Al llarg de l’article recopilem i descrivim les dades que segueixen aquesta configuració i mirem d’esbossar alguns apunts per a una possible anàlisi formal. D’una banda, seguint la proposta d’Armstrong (2017), defensem que verbs com plorar o tossir permeten la formació d’un participi actiu resultatiu perquè tenen un object…