TY - BOOK AU - Waldenfels,Ruprecht von TI - The grammaticalization of "give" + infinitive: a comparative study of Russian, Polish, and Czech T2 - Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, SN - 9783110293777 AV - PG2099 U1 - 491.80456 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Berlin, Boston PB - De Gruyter Mouton KW - Russian language KW - Grammaticalization KW - Polish language KW - Czech language KW - Contrastive linguistics KW - Russe (Langue) KW - Grammaticalisation KW - Polonais (Langue) KW - Tchèque (Langue) KW - Linguistique contrastive KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY KW - Slavic Languages (Other) KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Infinitkonstruktion KW - gnd KW - Russisch KW - Verb KW - Polnisch KW - Tschechisch KW - dat KW - Wort KW - Electronic books N1 - "Heavily Revision of the author's thesis defended at Regensburg University in 2009"--Page [v]; Includes bibliographical references and index; Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Conventions --; Contents --; Chapter 1. Introduction, overview and theoretical framework --; Chapter 2. da(va)t+inf in Russian --; Chapter 3. da(va)t+inf in Polish --; Chapter 4. da(va)t+inf in Czech --; Chapter 5. Czech, Polish and Russian in parallel --; Chapter 6. da(va)t+inf in Old Church Slavonic and earlier stages of Polish and Czech --; Chapter 7. Conclusions and directions for further research --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index N2 - The author analyses the grammaticalization of 'give' with infinitive in causative and modal constructions in the closely related Slavic languages Russian, Polish and Czech. Drawing on extensive diachronic and synchronic corpus data, the study combines a detailed analysis of the current use of these constructions with a reconstruction of their development. General issues discussed include polarity sensitivity in causatives, types of causee coding, the emergence of non-agreeing diathesis structures in Polish and the role of language contact with German UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=494231 ER -