Modality and subordinators
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Modality and subordinators
（Studies in language companion series / series editors, Werner Abraham, Michael Noonan, v. 116）
John Benjamins, c2010
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Bibliography: p. [323]-336
Includes indexes
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book connects two linguistic phenomena, modality and subordinators, so that both are seen in a new light, each adding to the understanding of the other. It argues that general subordinators (or complementizers) denote propositional modality (otherwise expressed by moods such as the indicative-subjunctive and epistemic-evidential modal markers). The book explores the hypothesis both on a cross-linguistic and on a language-branch specific level (the Germanic languages). One obvious connection between the indicative-subjunctive distinction and subordinators is that the former is typically manifested in subordinate clauses. Furthermore, both the indicative-subjunctive and subordinators determine clause types. More importantly, however, it is shown, through data from various languages, that subordinators themselves often denote the indicative-subjunctive distinction. In the Germanic languages, there is variation in many clause types between both the indicative and the subjunctive and that and if depending on the speaker's and/or the subject's certainty of the truth of the proposition.
目次
- 1. Preface and acknowledgements
- 2. Abbreviations
- 3. Chapter 1. Introduction
- 4. Part I. Modality and subordinators in the language of the world
- 5. Chapter 2. Modality
- 6. Chapter 3. The morphosyntactic status of modality
- 7. Chapter 4. Subordinators and modality
- 8. Chapter 5. Investigation of semantic, functional, and notational similarities between propositional modality and subordinators in the languages of the world
- 9. Part II. Modality and subordinators in the Germanic languages
- 10. Chapter 6. The Germanic indicative and subjunctive as propositional modality markers
- 11. Chapter 7. Modal markers and word order in the Germanic languages
- 12. Chapter 8. General subordinators and propositional modality in the Germanic languages
- 13. Chapter 9. Speech-act modality
- 14. Chapter 10. Relative and adverbial subordinators
- 15. Chapter 11. Conclusion and final remarks
- 16. Appendix A. Two typological surveys of the morphosyntactic status of propositional modality
- 17. Appendix B. Sources for the typological surveys
- 18. References
- 19. Language index
- 20. Subject index
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