The semantic field of continuation: Periphrastic blijven and continuer à
(2010) Folia Linguistica : acta societatis linguisticae Europaeae — Vol. 44, n° 2, p. 401-438 (2010)
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- The article presents an analysis of the periphrastic expression of continuative aspect by taking into account Dutch blijven + V<inf>inf</inf> and French continuer à; + V<inf>inf</inf>. As prototypical marks of continuation, or the middle phase of an event, they will be argued to constitute the core of a formal field of equivalent expressions and of a semantic field intersecting with other meanings, including spatiality, stativity, iteration and counter-expectation. The lack of substantial research into continuative aspect motivates a semasiological approach making use of translation data which, although potentially controversial, will be shown to be a highly effective heuristic for formal and semantic equivalence in linguistic phenomena. A quantitative outset will be combined with qualitative analyses of synchronic data, resulting in an outline of potential pathways of grammaticalization and, potentially, subjectification. © Mouton de Gruyter Societas Linguistica Europaea.
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Mortier, L. (2010). The semantic field of continuation: Periphrastic blijven and continuer à. Folia Linguistica : acta societatis linguisticae Europaeae, 44(2), 401-438. https://doi.org/10.1515/FLIN.2010.015 (Original work published 2010)