@article{fc32551b71bb437c80357bdf50246b01,
title = "Grammaticalization from minimizer to focus marker as upward reanalysis along the nominal spine*",
abstract = "This article demonstrates that Japanese minimizers, which are originally used as Negative Polarity Items in a negative context, can sometimes behave as focus markers when used postnominally. I will review a previous syntactic analysis of English minimizers, and propose a revised syntactic analysis of Japanese minimizers, based on newly discovered synchronic and diachronic facts. I argue that the usage of Japanese minimizers as focus markers was developed through grammaticalization as Upward Reanalysis along the nominal spine.",
author = "Yoshiki Ogawa",
note = "Funding Information: *This article is funded and/or supported by the Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research (C) from JSPS (Grant Number: 20K00658), by the Grant‐in‐Aid for the Frontier Research Duo (FRiD) of Tohoku University, titled {\textquoteleft}Understanding the brain mechanism of language computation from analyzing the communication signals of birds,{\textquoteright} and by the ILCAA joint research project, titled {\textquoteleft}Exploration into the Mechanism of Language Change and Variation through the Dialogue between Theoretical Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, and Quantitative Linguistics.{\textquoteright} I wish to acknowledge two anonymous reviewers and Yosuke Sato for their valuable comments and suggestions, as well as Ryan Spring for providing data in English. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. Studia Linguistica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Editorial Board of Studia Linguistica.",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1111/stul.12208",
language = "English",
journal = "Studia Linguistica",
issn = "0039-3193",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
}