Modality-aspect interfaces : implications and typological solutions /

As Abraham (1990, 1991, 2005) has pointed out, aspect plays a crucial role, when epistemic modals (em) emerge out of root modals (rm). The present paper shows that the different aspectual preferences of those items are reflected by the differences in the configuration of the modal's event struc...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Abraham, Werner, Leiss, Elisabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2008.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 79.
Subjects:
Modality (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect.
Typology (Linguistics)
Modalité (Linguistique)
Aspect (Linguistique)
Typologie (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Aspect
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