The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality
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The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality

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The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality

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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.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2017
ISBN
9783110517422
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Linguistics
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. A functional perspective on the grammaticalization of tense, aspect, modality, and evidentiality
  6. A hierarchical approach to grammaticalization
  7. The interaction of components in a Functional Discourse Grammar account of grammaticalization
  8. Relationship of form and function in grammaticalization — the case of modality
  9. Modality and aspect marking in Surinamese Javanese: Grammaticalization and contact-induced change
  10. Grammaticalization of modality and evidentiality in Tundra Nenets
  11. The grammaticalization of progressive aspect in Persian
  12. Grammaticalization as morphosyntax and representation: Mood from tense markers in the Old Irish and Romance conditional
  13. The end of a cycle: Grammaticalization of the future tense in Mexican Spanish
  14. The grammaticalization of tenses and lexical aspect — the case of German and French perfects
  15. The grammaticalization of Dutch moeten: modal and post-modal meanings
  16. Names index
  17. Language index
  18. Subject index