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UNINA9910827065903321 |
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Titolo |
Modality and theory of mind elements across languages [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Werner Abraham, Elisabeth Leiss |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-85771-5 |
3-11-027107-9 |
3-11-027108-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (470 p.) |
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Collana |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; 243 |
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Classificazione |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AbrahamWerner |
LeissElisabeth |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Modality (Linguistics) |
Cognitive grammar |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Aspect |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Mood |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Tense |
Language and languages - Philosophy |
Typology (Linguistics) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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pt. 1. The foundation : speaker and hearer deixis, shifter, and double displacement -- pt. 2. Instances of deixis and origo in sundry languages. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Modality is the way a speaker modifies her declaratives and other speech acts to optimally assess the common ground of knowledge and belief of the addressee with the aim to optimally achieve understanding and an assessment of relevant information exchange. In languages such as German (and other Germanic languages outside of English), this may happen in covert terms. Main categories used for this purpose are modal adverbials ("modal particles") and modal verbs. Epistemic uses of modal verbs (like German sollen) cover evidential (reportative) information simultaneously providing the source of the information. Methodologically, description and explanation rest on Karl Bühler's |
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