Morphological and semantic classification of 'evidentials' and modal verbs in German
The perfect(ive) catalyst
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19513311 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Werner Abraham (0000-0002-6739-7941, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Pages | 36-59 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ZAS Papers in Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1435-9588 • E-ISSN: 1435-9588 |
| Publisher | University Library J. C. Senckenberg (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.21248/zaspil.15.2000.20 |
| OpenAlex | W1485636241 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper draws a link between the typological phenomenon of the paradigmatically supported evidentiality evoked by perfect and/or perfectivity and the equally epistemic system of modal verbs in German. The assumption is that, if perfect(ivity) is at the bottom of evidentiality in a wide number of unrelated languages, then it will not be an arbitrary fact that systematic epistemic readings occur also for the modal verbs in German, which were preterite presents originally. It will be demonstrated, for one, how exactly modal verbs in Modem German still betray sensitivity to perfect and perfective contexts, and, second, how perfect(ivity) is prone to evincing epistemic meaning. Although the expectation cannot be satisfied due to a lack of respective data from the older stages of German, a research path is sketched narrowing down the linguistic questions to be asked and dating results to be reached
Epistemology · Evidentiality · German · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Modal · Modal verb · Phenomenon · Present perfect · Verb · Computer Science · Linguistic Education and Pedagogy · Linguistic research and analysis · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |