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Modality in Germanic Languages : Historical and Comparative Perspectives / ed. by Olaf J. Westvik, Toril Swan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 99Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]Copyright date: ©1997Edition: Reprint 2011Description: 1 online resource (319 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110143348
  • 9783110889932
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 430/.045 21
LOC classification:
  • PD271 .S9 1997eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-IV -- Preface -- Contents -- 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 VI sentences in German

I-IV -- Preface -- Contents -- 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 VI sentences in German

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