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Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality in Spanish (semi- )auxiliaries : a Cognitive-Functional Approach.

This volume presents a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Spanish evidential semi-auxiliaries parecer and resultar, the modal constructions with amenazar and prometer, and the modal auxiliaries poder, deber and tener que. These verbs have never been considered together in a global approach...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cornillie, Bert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2008.
Colección:Applications of Cognitive Linguistics, v. 5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter 1 Background, objectives and methodology; Chapter 2 Evidentiality with parecer and resultar; Chapter 3 Degrees of transparency and subjectification with parecer and resultar; Chapter 4 Evidentiality and modality with prometer andamenazar; Chapter 5 Partial transparency with modal prometer andamenazar; Chapter 6 Subjectification of prometer and amenazar; Chapter 7 Evidentiality, modality and transparency with poder, deber and tener que; Chapter 8 Epistemic and evidential modals: modal grounding and subjectification; Chapter 9 General conclusions; Backmatter.