Research seminar: Östen Dahl, Stockholm University
Title: Directionals in TAME systems.
Seminar
Date:
Thursday 23 January 2025Time:
15.00 – 16.30Location:
C307, Södra huset
Clusters of languages with grammaticalized directionals. Photo: Östen Dahl
Abstract
Directionals in TAME systems
The topic of this talk is the grammaticalization process by which what I will call directionals – morphemes with meanings like 'up', 'down', 'in', and 'out' – can grammaticalized become involved in the marking of perfectivity. In particular, I want to talk about the ways in which the grammaticalization of directionals leads to their partial or complete integration in the TAME (tense-aspect-mood-evidentiality) systems of the languages in question.
Östen Dahl is professor emeritus at the Department of Lingustics, Stockholm University.
Last updated: 2025-01-20
Source: Department of Linguistics