Evidentiality in German : : Linguistic Realization and Regularities in Grammaticalization / / Gabriele Diewald, Elena Smirnova.
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....
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2010] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 p.) :; Num. figs. and tabs. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Evidentiality – definitions and delimitations
- Chapter 3. Evidentiality and modality – drawing the lines
- Chapter 4. Grammar and grammaticalization
- Chapter 5. Scales and scenarios of grammaticalization
- Chapter 6. The four evidential constructions in present-day German
- Chapter 7. Intermediate summary
- Chapter 8. Diachronic corpus study of the four constructions
- Chapter 9. Summary: the diachrony of the four constructions
- Chapter 10. Summary and outlook
- Backmatter