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Multiple source explanations in constructional change: : the case of V1 word order in Welsh
ID Currie, Oliver (Author)

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Abstract
The characteristic VSO word order of Modern Welsh developed in part as a result of the increase in use in the Early Modern Welsh period of a specific verb-initial construction, Absolute V1, where a synthetic finite verb comes in absolute-initial position in a positive declarative main clause. Although Absolute V1 is attested throughout the history of Welsh, there is major dia-chronic and synchronic variation in its use. This paper argues that the increase in use of Absolute V1 in prose texts from the 16th century has multiple sources, representing, on the one hand, the continuation of an existing construction (i.e. Absolute V1 in earlier Welsh) and, on the other hand, an innovation where Absolute V1 also derives from other constructions through the loss of a preverbal particle. It is further argued that a multiple source approach can help explain certain patterns in the variation in use of Absolute V1 in Early Modern Welsh.

Language:English
Keywords:multiple source constructions, multiple causation in language change, V1, Welsh, word order, Diachronic Construction Grammar
Work type:Article
Typology:1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Year:2025
Number of pages:Str. 43-83
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-179997 This link opens in a new window
UDC:811.111'366.573
COBISS.SI-ID:265394179 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:27.02.2026
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Record is a part of a monograph

Title:Čiv, čiv, še sem živ : jezikoslovne študije v spomin profesorju Janezu Orešniku
Editors:Tatjana Marvin Derganc
Place of publishing:Ljubljana
Publisher:Založba Univerze
Year:2025
ISBN:978-961-297-731-3
COBISS.SI-ID:259532803 This link opens in a new window

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Secondary language

Language:Slovenian
Abstract:
Za moderno valižanščino značilen besedni red VSO je deloma rezultat večje rabe posebne kon-strukcije z glagolskim začetkom v obdobju zgodnje moderne valižanščine, in sicer konstrukcije z absolutno stavo V1 (Abs V1), kjer sintetična osebna glagolska oblika zaseda absolutni začetni položaj v trdilnih glavnih stavkih. Čeprav je konstrukcija Abs V1 izpričana skozi celotno zgodo-vino valižanščine, so razlike v njeni rabi velike, tako na diahroni kot na sinhroni ravni. Prispevek skuša pokazati, da je na povečano rabo konstrukcije Abs V1 v proznih besedilih iz 16. stoletja vplivalo več dejavnikov, saj gre pri tej rabi po eni strani za nadaljevanje že obstoječe konstruk-cije (Abs V1 v zgodnji valižanščini), po drugi pa za inovacijo, pri kateri Abs V1 izvira tudi iz drugih konstrukcij, ki so izgubile predglagolski členek. Članek skuša obenem pokazati, da več-dejavniški pristop lahko pomaga pri razlagi določenih vzorcev v raznolikosti rabe konstrukcije Abs 1 v obdobju zgodnje moderne valižanščine.

Keywords:večdejavniške konstrukcije, večvzročnost v jezikovnem spreminjanju, V1, valižanščina, besedni red, diahrona konstrukcijska slovnica

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Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:P6-0265-2019
Name:Medkulturne literarnovedne študije

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