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The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality : A Functional Perspective / ed. by Kees Hengeveld, Heiko Narrog, Hella Olbertz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 311Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (VI, 309 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110517293
  • 9783110517422
  • 9783110519389
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 415/.62 23
LOC classification:
  • P151 .G676 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- A functional perspective on the grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality, and evidentiality -- A hierarchical approach to grammaticalization -- The interaction of components in a Functional Discourse Grammar account of grammaticalization -- Relationship of form and function in grammaticalization – the case of modality -- Modality and aspect marking in Surinamese Javanese: Grammaticalization and contact-induced change -- Grammaticalization of modality and evidentiality in Tundra Nenets -- The grammaticalization of progressive aspect in Persian -- Grammaticalization as morphosyntax and representation: Mood from tense markers in the Old Irish and Romance conditional -- The end of a cycle: Grammaticalization of the future tense in Mexican Spanish -- The grammaticalization of tenses and lexical aspect – the case of German and French perfects -- The grammaticalization of Dutch moeten: modal and post-modal meanings -- Name index -- Language index -- Subject index
Summary: This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from different points of view.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A functional perspective on the grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality, and evidentiality -- A hierarchical approach to grammaticalization -- The interaction of components in a Functional Discourse Grammar account of grammaticalization -- Relationship of form and function in grammaticalization – the case of modality -- Modality and aspect marking in Surinamese Javanese: Grammaticalization and contact-induced change -- Grammaticalization of modality and evidentiality in Tundra Nenets -- The grammaticalization of progressive aspect in Persian -- Grammaticalization as morphosyntax and representation: Mood from tense markers in the Old Irish and Romance conditional -- The end of a cycle: Grammaticalization of the future tense in Mexican Spanish -- The grammaticalization of tenses and lexical aspect – the case of German and French perfects -- The grammaticalization of Dutch moeten: modal and post-modal meanings -- Name index -- Language index -- Subject index

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This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from different points of view.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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