Related Books

Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality in Spanish (Semi-)Auxiliaries
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Bert Cornillie
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-27 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume presents a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the Spanish evidential semi-auxiliaries parecer and resultar, the modal constructions with amena
Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality in Spanish (semi-)auxiliaries
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Bert Cornillie
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book is the first in-depth study of the conceptual and formal differences between evidential and epistemic auxiliaries in Spanish. The proposed account exp
Perspectives on Evidentiality in Spanish
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: Carolina Figueras Bates
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-07-24 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Evidentiality in communication is better investigated in delimited and recognizable contexts where the multiple levels of meaning in interactional practices are
Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Heiko Narrog
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-07-19 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. With a focus on Japanese and to a lesser extent Chinese the book
Evidential Marking in European Languages
Language: en
Pages: 749
Authors: Björn Wiemer
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-07 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How are evidential functions distinguished by means other than grammatical paradigms, i.e. by function words and other lexical units? And how inventories of suc