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

• Pubblicazione: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 pages)
• Disciplina: 410
• Soggetto topico: Comparative linguistics
• Soggetto non controllato: Aspect; Grammaticalization; Modality; Tense
• Persona (resp. second.): HengeveldKees; NarrogHeiko; OlbertzHella
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality and evidentiality
• ISBN: 3-11-051742-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910788439603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II