UID:
almahu_9949481408102882
Format:
1 online resource (457 p.) :
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Illustrations
Edition:
Reprint 2013
ISBN:
9783110899634
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , 74
Content:
Norwegian Modals is a detailed description of the syntactic and semantic properties of modals in Norwegian. Modal verbs in Mainland Scandinavian languages have received much less attention than their English and German counterparts, hence this book seizes the opportunity to present a range of new data and generalizations relevant for the study of Scandinavian languages, but also for the study of modality in Germanic and other languages. The book critically evaluates a range of proposals from the modality literature, focusing on the Theta-properties and the scopal properties of Modals in Germanic languages, and concludes that none of these previous proposals are able to account for the syntax of modals in Norwegian. The Theta-properties of modals are shown to depend on the construction in which the modal occurs, hence neither a raising analysis, a control analysis, nor a raising-versus-control analysis in fact suffices to exhaust these properties of Norwegian modals. The interplay of modals with tense and aspect is likewise thoroughly investigated, presenting a range of data revealing that existing universalist proposals are insufficient to account for even quite regular patterns. Instead, a new analysis is presented, building on a new compositional tense system which exploits aspectual features of predicates and selectional preferences of modal classes.
Note:
i-iv --
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Acknowledgements --
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List of abbreviations --
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Table of contents --
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Chapter 1. Introduction --
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Chapter 2. Norwegian Modals: the Facts --
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Chapter 3. Analyzing Modals: a Survey of Recent Proposals --
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Chapter 4. Norwegian Modals: Argument Structure --
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Chapter 5. Norwegian Modals, Aspect and Tense --
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Chapter 6. Summing up --
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References
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Linguistics and Semiotics 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238457
In:
DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636970
In:
De Gruyter Mouton Backlist 2000-2015, De Gruyter, 9783110742961
In:
E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110277128
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110277180
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110277159
In:
E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2006, De Gruyter, 9783110276893
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110179965
Language:
English
Subjects:
Scandinavian Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110899634
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110899634
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110899634
