Modality and subordinators /
This book connects two linguistic phenomena, modality and subordinators, so that both are seen in a new light, each adding to the understanding of the other. It argues that general subordinators (or complementizers) denote propositional modality (otherwise expressed by moods such as the indicative-s...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 116. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Modality and Subordinators; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Modality and subordinators in the languages of the world; 2. Modality; 3. The morphosyntactic status of modality; 4. Subordinators and modality; 5. Investigation of semantic, functional, and notational similarities between propositional modality and subordinators in the languages of the world; Part II. Modality and subordinators in the Germanic languages.
