Abstract
In this paper, I will provide a possible syntactic characterization of (a subset) of so-called degrammaticalization processes, based on the case of the diachronic evolution of presso/pressi (near/at, in) in Italian. Moreover, with an empirical study on the Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) corpus, I will support Svenonius's idea of Axial Part as an independent category in the lexicon (and not a mere spatial subset of relational nouns), providing a new kind of evidence i.e. of the diachronic type, to this claim.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 149-170 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Transactions of the Philological society |
| Volume | 114 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Axial Parts
- Italian
- Lexicon case
- Syntax
- Morphology