UID:
almahu_9949481441102882
Format:
1 online resource (366 p.) :
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Num. figs. and tabs.
ISBN:
9783110241037
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 228
Content:
This book is a comprehensive study of the evidential system in German. It presents a systematic description of the encoding of evidentiality in present-day German, as well as a diachronic reconstruction of the relevant sources and paths of grammaticalization from the Old High German period onwards. Based on empirical corpus research, the study investigates the degree of grammaticalization of each single evidential construction and the make-up of the present-day system as well as the diachronic stages that lead to the present state. The book focuses on three main issues. First, it is concerned with the general notion of evidentiality, its deictic character, and with the interrelations between the domains of evidentiality and epistemic modality. Second, the book presents the results of the synchronic corpus-based analysis of the German evidential periphrastic constructions werden 'become' + infinitive, scheinen 'seem', drohen 'threaten', versprechen 'promise' + zu 'to'- infinitive, which constitute a paradigm for coding evidentiality in Present Day German. Third, the diachronic development of the evidential constructions is represented as a complex grammaticalization process, interacting with the development of modal constructions and leading to a highly differentiated category of modal and evidential distinctions in the grammar of German.
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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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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 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233544
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233551
In:
E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LINGUISTICS 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233568
In:
E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2010, De Gruyter, 9783110233605
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110240696
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
DOI:
10.1515/9783110241037
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110241037
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110241037
