Modality and subordinators /

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This book connects two linguistic phenomena, modality and subordinators, so that both are seen in a new light, each adding to the understanding of the other. It argues that general subordinators (or complementizers) denote propositional modality (otherwise expressed by moods such as the indicative-s...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Nordstrom, Jackie
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010.
Collection:Studies in language companion series ; v. 116.
Sujets:
Modality (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions.
Modalité (Linguistique)
Subordonnées (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions
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Table des matières:
  • Modality and Subordinators; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Modality and subordinators in the languages of the world; 2. Modality; 3. The morphosyntactic status of modality; 4. Subordinators and modality; 5. Investigation of semantic, functional, and notational similarities between propositional modality and subordinators in the languages of the world; Part II. Modality and subordinators in the Germanic languages.

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