Modality in Germanic Languages : : Historical and Comparative Perspectives / / ed. by Olaf J. Westvik, Toril Swan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Aijmer, Karin,; Fretheim, Thorstein,; Leirbukt, Oddleif,; Ormelius-Sandblom, Elisabet,; Palmer, Frank R.,; Rosengren, Inger,; Traugott, Elizabeth Closs,; Ulvestad, Bjarne,; Vaskó, Ildikó,; Önnerfors, Olaf,
• HerausgeberIn: Swan, Toril,; Westvik, Olaf J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 99
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (319 p.)
• Other title: I-IV --; Preface --; Contents --; I think — 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 — 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 müssen --; Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles altså and nemlig --; On narrative declarative VI sentences in German
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110889932; 9783110636895
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110889932
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Olaf J. Westvik, Toril Swan.