The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality : : A Functional Perspective / / ed. by Kees Hengeveld, Heiko Narrog, Hella Olbertz.

This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 311
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Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 309 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
A functional perspective on the grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality, and evidentiality --
A hierarchical approach to grammaticalization --
The interaction of components in a Functional Discourse Grammar account of grammaticalization --
Relationship of form and function in grammaticalization – the case of modality --
Modality and aspect marking in Surinamese Javanese: Grammaticalization and contact-induced change --
Grammaticalization of modality and evidentiality in Tundra Nenets --
The grammaticalization of progressive aspect in Persian --
Grammaticalization as morphosyntax and representation: Mood from tense markers in the Old Irish and Romance conditional --
The end of a cycle: Grammaticalization of the future tense in Mexican Spanish --
The grammaticalization of tenses and lexical aspect – the case of German and French perfects --
The grammaticalization of Dutch moeten: modal and post-modal meanings --
Name index --
Language index --
Subject index
Summary:This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from different points of view.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783110519389
9783110762495
9783110719543
9783110742978
9783110540550
9783110625264
9783110547887
ISSN:1861-4302 ;
DOI:10.1515/9783110519389
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Kees Hengeveld, Heiko Narrog, Hella Olbertz.