The interaction between word structure and grammaticalization. Evidence from word-formation with French entre- and Dutch tussen-
(2008) Word Structure — Vol. 1, n° 1, p. 65-82 (2008)
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- The central topic of this paper is the interaction between two forces: on the one hand,the grammaticalization process by which prepositions may develop into prefixes and, on the other hand, French and Dutch word structure. French compounds typically adopt the word order Head-Modifier (e.g. timbre-poste lit. ‘seal-post=stamp’), while Dutch usually manifests the inverse word order, i.e.Modifier-Head (e.g. postzegel lit. ‘post-seal=stamp’). It will be shown that these typological differences between French and Dutch word structure may have a strong impact on the grammaticalization of prepositions introducing P-V and P-N compounds. The theoretical assumptions are applied to a specific case study: the French preposition entre ‘between’ and its Dutch counterpart tussen used as bound morphemes in P-V and P-N compounds.
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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Linguistique
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Van Goethem, K. (2008). The interaction between word structure and grammaticalization. Evidence from word-formation with French entre- and Dutch tussen-. Word Structure, 1(1), 65-82. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/149010 (Original work published 2008)