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Evidentiality in German : linguistic realization and regularities in grammaticalization /

The book is a comprehensive study of the evidential system in German. It focuses on the constructions scheinen 'seem', drohen 'threaten', versprechen 'promise' + zu-infinitive, and werden 'become' + infinitive. The main idea is that with the diachronic develop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diewald, Gabriele
Otros Autores: Smirnova, Elena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 228.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Evidentiality
  • definitions and delimitations; Chapter 3. Evidentiality and modality
  • drawing the lines; Chapter 4. Grammar and grammaticalization; Chapter 5. Scales and scenarios of grammaticalization; Chapter 6. The four evidential constructions in present-day German; Chapter 7. Intermediate summary; Chapter 8. Diachronic corpus study of the four constructions; Chapter 9. Summary: the diachrony of the four constructions; Chapter 10. Summary and outlook; Backmatter.