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Etymologiska etyder: om härkomst och uppkomst av till, hos, från

Author

Editor

  • Rita Therkelsen
  • Eva Skafte Jensen

Summary, in English

The article dicusses the etymology of three preliterary Common Nordic prepositions: till 'to', hos 'at', från 'from'. Phonological, morphological, syntactic and semantic aspects are taken into account to explain the grammaticalization processes.

Department/s

Publishing year

2009

Language

Swedish

Pages

407-422

Publication/Series

Dramatikken i grammatikken.

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Inst. f. Kultur og Identitet. Roskilde universitet

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Scandinavian languages
  • language history
  • etymology
  • prepositions
  • grammaticalization

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-87-7349-747-0