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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828610003321

Titolo

The grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality : a functional perspective / / edited by Kees Hengeveld, Heiko Narrog, Hella Olbertz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

3-11-051742-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 pages)

Collana

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; Volume 311

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Comparative linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- A functional perspective on the grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality, and evidentiality -- A hierarchical approach to grammaticalization -- The interaction of components in a Functional Discourse Grammar account of grammaticalization -- Relationship of form and function in grammaticalization – the case of modality -- Modality and aspect marking in Surinamese Javanese: Grammaticalization and contact-induced change -- Grammaticalization of modality and evidentiality in Tundra Nenets -- The grammaticalization of progressive aspect in Persian -- Grammaticalization as morphosyntax and representation: Mood from tense markers in the Old Irish and Romance conditional -- The end of a cycle: Grammaticalization of the future tense in Mexican Spanish -- The grammaticalization of tenses and lexical aspect – the case of German and French perfects -- The grammaticalization of Dutch moeten: modal and post-modal meanings -- Name index -- Language index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under



discussion, but they do so from different points of view.