UID:
edocfu_9958353965802883
Format:
1 online resource (374p.):
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Num. figs. and tabs.
ISBN:
9783110241037
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 228
Content:
The book is a comprehensive study of the evidential system in German. It focuses on the constructions scheinen ‘seem’, drohen ‘threaten’, versprechen ‘promise’ + zu-infinitive, and werden ‘become’ + infinitive. The main idea is that with the diachronic development of these constructions we are witnessing the genesis of a new grammatical category in German.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Table of contents --
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Chapter 1. Introduction --
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Chapter 2. Evidentiality – definitions and delimitations --
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Chapter 3. Evidentiality and modality – drawing the lines --
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Chapter 4. Grammar and grammaticalization --
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Chapter 5. Scales and scenarios of grammaticalization --
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Chapter 6. The four evidential constructions in present-day German --
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Chapter 7. Intermediate summary --
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Chapter 8. Diachronic corpus study of the four constructions --
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Chapter 9. Summary: the diachrony of the four constructions --
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Chapter 10. Summary and outlook --
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Backmatter
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-024069-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110241037
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110241037
