On historical semantic changes of the Thai morpheme Hâj

dc.contributor.authorTakahashi, Kiyoko
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-20T05:36:26Z
dc.date.available2012-12-20T05:36:26Z
dc.date.issued2012-12
dc.description.abstractThe present paper investigates historical semantic changes of the Thai multifunctional morpheme hâj by analyzing actual tokens of hâj expressions in Thai inscriptions produced from the end of the thirteenth century1 through the twentieth century. Having examined the diachronic corpus data, I consider that the following grammaticalization pathway of hâj is most plausible: (a) verb for change of location (caused motion) > (b)verb for change of state (induced situation) > (c) complementizer preceding complement clause for either a non-volitional or volitional situation of irrealis2 (such as inducive and desiderative situations) > (d) complementizer preceding complement clause for volitional situation of irrealis (such as permissive and directive/coercive situations). On this basis, I assume that the notion of the event participant’s volition had nothing to do with early semantic changes of hâj constructions.en_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipAustralian National University
dc.format16 pagesen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1836-6821
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/9542
dc.publisherAsia-Pacific Linguisticsen_AU
dc.rights"Copyright vested in the author; released under Creative Commons Attribution Licence" - at head of journal articleen_AU
dc.sourceJournal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) 5 (2012): 126-141en_AU
dc.subjectgrammaticalizationen_AU
dc.subjecthistorical semanticsen_AU
dc.subjectepigraphyen_AU
dc.titleOn historical semantic changes of the Thai morpheme Hâjen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-12-05
local.contributor.affiliationTakahashi, Kiyoko, Kanda University of International Studies
local.publisher.urlhttp://pacling.anu.edu.au/en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttp://www.jseals.org
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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