| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 341 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 116
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 116.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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-subjunctive and epistemic-evidential modal markers). The book explores the hypothesis both on a cross-linguistic and on a language-branch specific level (the Germanic languages). One obvious connection between the indicative-subjunctive distinction and subordinators is that the former is typically ma. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Modality (Linguistics)
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Modality (Linguistics) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subordinate constructions.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Subordinate constructions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nordstrom, Jackie. Modality and subordinators. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2010 9789027205834 (DLC) 2009045841 (OCoLC)461896708 |
| ISBN |
9789027288608 (electronic book) |
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9027288607 (electronic book) |
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9027205833 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027205834 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027205834 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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