UID:
edocfu_9958353851902883
Format:
1 online resource (590p.):
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Figs., tabs. and maps
ISBN:
9783110219210
Series Statement:
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; 44
Content:
This book is a collection of papers on modals in the languages of Europe, written by experts in the area of modality. It provides readers with a wealth of data and addresses the issues of under which circumstances modals are borrowed, from which linguistic materials they typically arise in these languages, and whether and how modals form a system which is separate from other word classes.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of contributors --
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Abbreviations used in glossing --
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1. Introduction --
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A. Modals in Indo-European languages (Western branch) --
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2. Modals in the Germanic languages --
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3. Modals in Irish --
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4. Modals in the Romance languages --
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5. Modals in Greek --
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B. Modals in Indo-European languages (Eastern branch) --
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6. Modals in the Slavonic languages --
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7. Modals in Baltic --
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8. Modals in Albanian --
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9. Modality in Romani --
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C. Modals in Non-Indo-European languages --
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10. The grammaticalisation of modal auxiliaries in Maltese and Arabic vernaculars of the Mediterranean area --
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11. Modal verbs in Balto-Finnic --
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12. Modals in Hungarian --
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13. Mood and modality in Berber --
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14. Modality in Basque --
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15. Modals in Turkic --
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16. Concluding chapter: modal constructions in the languages of Europe --
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Backmatter
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-021920-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110219210
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110219210
