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Evidentiality in German: Linguistic Realization and Regularities in Grammaticalization (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs)

By Gabriele Diewald

Book information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2010
ISBN
3110240696, 9783110240696
LCC
P299.G73 D54 2010
Open Library ID
OL24453019M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1631121 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
375\375
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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.

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