Dömötör, Adrienne (2025) From quotation to indirect causation – The history of Hungarian mondván ‘saying’. ACTA LINGUISTICA ACADEMICA, 72 (4). pp. 516-533. ISSN 2559-8201
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Abstract
Discourse markers which have arisen from quotative constructions are a well-studied topic. This article presents the grammaticalization of the Hungarian converb mondván ‘saying’ from the first written records of it up to the present day. Its original role as an element of serial verb constructions in quotative structures is described. The word turned into a quotative marker which signalled the beginning of a quote. Then its use extended to indirect quotes, which served as a source for further processes (reanalysis and inference fixing). In contemporary language use, a new role of mondván has emerged: as a discourse marker it in dicates indirect causation and functions as a connective element.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | quotation, grammaticalization, discourse marker, reanalysis, indirect causation |
| Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > P0 Philology. Linguistics / filológia, nyelvészet |
| SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
| Depositing User: | Barbara Nagy |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2026 18:57 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2026 19:13 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/244192 |
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