Modality in Germanic Languages - Historical and Comparative Perspectives

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I think - an English modal particle, Karin Aijmer; Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals, Oddleif Leirbukt; The modal particle 'schon' - its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, Elisabet Ormelius-Sandblom; Negation and modality in the Germanic languages, Frank R. Palmer; Expressive sentence types - a contradiction in terms - the case of exclamation, Inger Rosengren; Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning - the case of promise and threaten, Elizabeth Closs Traugott; On the use of 'trauchen' versus 'mussen', Bjarne Ulvestad; Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles 'altsa' and 'nemlig', Ildiko Vasko, Thorstein Freheim; On narrative declarative 'VI-sentences' in German, Olaf Onnesdfors.

Product details

• Assisted by: J Westvik (Editor), J Westvik (Editor), Tori Swan (Editor), Toril Swan (Editor), Olaf J. Westvik (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9783110143348
• ISBN: 978-3-11-014334-8
• No. of pages: 319
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 26 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 624 g
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics