Evidentiality in German: linguistic realization and regularities in grammaticalization
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Main Author: Diewald, Gabriele 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin [u.a.] De Gruyter Mouton 2010
Series:Trends in linguistics 228
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Online Access:DE-384
DE-706
DE-824
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Item Description:Enth. Literaturangaben und Register
Biographical note: Gabriele Diewald and Elena Smirnova, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Main description: 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
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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (VIII, 366 S.)
ISBN:9783110240696
9783110241037

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