The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality : : A Functional Perspective /

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

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
MitwirkendeR:
Castillero, Carlos García,
Davari, Shadi,
Dávalos, Jimena Tena,
Giomi, Riccardo,
Hengeveld, Kees,
Honselaar, Wim,
Jalava, Lotta,
Naghzguy-Kohan, Mehrdad,
Narrog, Heiko,
Olbertz, Hella,
Rebotier, Aude,
Villerius, Sophie,
HerausgeberIn:
Hengeveld, Kees,
Narrog, Heiko,
Olbertz, Hella,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]
©2017
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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