&lt;em&gt;Sich ausgehen&lt;/em&gt;: Actuality entailments and further notes from the perspective of an Austrian German motion verb construction

Remus Gergel

doi:10.3765/plsa.v5i2.4790

Abstract

The paper contains notes for the processes of interpretation and language change starting out from the phenomenon that emerged from the motion verb gehen, ‘go’, joined by the reflexive and the particle aus, ‘out’ in Austrian German. An empirical case is primarily made that the constructions if fully implicative. Furthermore, it is suggested that concepts such as Maximize Presupposition and co-development in contact can be useful tools in the equipment of researchers working on semantic change. Finally, a methodological point is suggested towards bridging synchronic and historical data collection processes.

Highlights

The goal is to make some observational and theoretical points concerning an original motion verb joined by the particle aus and the reflexive in Austrian German (1) (SAG): (1) Eine Tasse Kaffee geht sich vor dem Termin aus
The original motion verb construction has come to express a type of modality related to scales and sufficiency in Present-day Austrian German
SAGs are distinct in several ways from run-of-the-mill modals and so-called enough constructions (ECs), with which they share some but not all characteristics

Summary

Introduction

The goal is to make some observational and theoretical points concerning an original motion verb joined by the particle aus and the reflexive in Austrian German (1) (SAG):(1) Eine Tasse Kaffee geht sich vor dem Termin aus.a cup coffee goes itself before the appointment out ‘It’s possible to have a cup of coffee before the appointment. / There is enough time to have a cup of coffee before the appointment.’I largely follow the description and analysis of the phenomenon elaborated in Gergel & KopfGiammanco (forthcoming). The original motion verb construction has come to express a type of modality related to scales and sufficiency in Present-day Austrian German.

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