#3693. From complementizing to modifying status: On the grammaticalization of the complement-taking-predicate-clauses chances are and odds are

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Abstract:
The research explores the process of grammaticalization undergone by complementation constructions with the shell nouns chances and odds. Structures of this type, which convey the epistemic meaning of probability, develop over time into parenthetical structures. The grammaticalization of the construction involves a number of morphosyntactic changes, among them the gradual loss of the determiner in the shell NP and the preference for the zero complementizer introducing the subordinate clause. This process of grammaticalization culminates with the availability of complement-taking-predicate-clauses with chances and odds in unambiguous parenthetical positions and as stand-alone units.
Keywords:
Addition; epistemic frames; grammatization

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