Sentence Adverbs and Evidentiality.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Müller, Kalle.

Series:

Studia Grammatica

Studia Grammatica ; v.87

Language:

German

Subjects (All):

Evidentials (Linguistics).

German language--Grammar.

German language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021.

Summary:

This book by Kalle Müller explores Satzadverbien (sentence adverbs) and their grammatical roles within the German language. It delves into various types of evidentiality and their syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties. The work includes detailed analyses of functional projections, secondary meanings, and diachronic changes in the category of sentence adverbs. It also presents experimental studies on evidential contexts, focusing on the distinctions between sentence adverbs and adjectives. The book is based on Müller's dissertation and serves as a comprehensive resource for linguists and advanced students of German grammar. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Inhalt

Danksagung

Tabellen- und Abbildungsverzeichnis

Abkürzungsverzeichnis

Einleitung

1 Evidenztypen, Verpflichtungen und lexikalische Kategorie

2 Funktionale Projektionen, Wurzelphänomene und die Distribution in Nebensätzen

3 Sekundäre Bedeutung, Projektion und Antworten

4 Non-At-Issueness, Mehrdimensionalität und Theorien sekundärer Bedeutung

5 Diachronie, Grammatikalisierung und Wandel im Verbund

Zusammenfassung und Fazit

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Other Format:

Print version: Müller, Kalle Sentence Adverbs and Evidentiality: a Question of Negotiability

ISBN:

9783110751956

311075195X

OCLC:

1287135505