Modality in Germanic Languages: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
β Scribed by Toril Swan (editor); Olaf J. Westvik (editor)
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 328
- Series
- Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; 99
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Preface
I think β an English modal particle
Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals
The modal particle schon: Its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
Negation and modality in the Germanic languages
Expressive sentence types β a contradiction in terms. The case of exclamation
Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning: The case of promise and threaten
On the use of brauchen versus mΓΌssen
Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles altsΓ₯ and nemlig
On narrative declarative Vl-sentences in German
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