Aspect Meets Modality
A Semantic Analysis of the German Am -Progressive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22994128 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lynn Anthonissen (University of Antwerp, corresponding author), Arjen De Wit (0000-0003-3955-6527, Université Libre de Bruxelles, corresponding author), Astrid De Wit, Tanja Mortelmans (0000-0001-7448-785X, University of Antwerp, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-30 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Germanic Linguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-5427 • E-ISSN: 1475-3014 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1470542715000185 |
| OpenAlex | W2496172000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 26 |
This paper presents a corpus-based analysis of the semantics of the German am V-inf sein construction, or am -progressive. Like its English counterpart and many other progressive constructions in the world's languages, the am -progressive is shown to convey not only a variety of aspecto-temporal meanings, but also a range of (inter)subjective qualifications, such as intensification, irritation, and evasiveness. These (inter)subjective connotations are argued to reflect the am -progressive's core meaning of epistemic contingency, which we believe is instantiated in all of its uses.
Contingency · Core (optical fiber) · Epistemology · German · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Modality (human–computer interaction) · Semantics (computer science) · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |