Evidentiality in German : linguistic realization and regularities in grammaticalization /

The book is a comprehensive study of the evidential system in German. It focuses on the constructions scheinen 'seem', drohen 'threaten', versprechen 'promise' + zu-infinitive, and werden 'become' + infinitive. The main idea is that with the diachronic develop...

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Main Author: Diewald, Gabriele
Other Authors: Smirnova, Elena
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 228.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central