9 avril 2019
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Sylvain Gâtelais, « Quelques remarques sur la grammaticalisation de of : l’exemple des Chroniques de Peterborough (1070-1154) », Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, ID : 10670/1.y09yr8
Sylvain Gatelais makes use of a diachronic approach and addresses the use of the marker of in English. He offers to establish the different phases of the evolution of this functional tool. He seeks to explain why this marker was so successful. He adopts the concept of grammaticalization, which has occupied a central place since it was established by Meillet and used in recent cognitive frameworks. The author makes use of a 12th century text, particularly pertinent to his argument because it illustrates the developpement of the language at a crucial stage.