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Modality in Germanic Languages : Historical and Comparative Perspectives.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] SeriesPublisher: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, Inc., 1996Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (328 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110889932
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modality in Germanic LanguagesDDC classification:
  • 430/.045
LOC classification:
  • PD271 -- .S9 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- I think - an English modal particle -- Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals -- The modal particle schon: Its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics -- Negation and modality in the Germanic languages -- Expressive sentence types - a contradiction in terms. The case of exclamation -- Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning: The case of promise and threaten -- On the use of brauchen versus müssen -- Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles altså and nemlig -- On narrative declarative Vl-sentences in German.
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Intro -- Preface -- I think - an English modal particle -- Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals -- The modal particle schon: Its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics -- Negation and modality in the Germanic languages -- Expressive sentence types - a contradiction in terms. The case of exclamation -- Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning: The case of promise and threaten -- On the use of brauchen versus müssen -- Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles altså and nemlig -- On narrative declarative Vl-sentences in German.

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