Heiko Narrog

Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change

A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. With a focus on Japanese and to a lesser extent Chinese the book is a countercheck to hypotheses built on the Indo-European languages. It also contains numerous illustrations from other languages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199694372
• ISBN-10: 0199694370
• Artikelnr.: 35331633

Autorenporträt

Heiko Narrog is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Tohoku University. His publications include Modality in Japanese (Benjamins 2009); and, with Bernd Heine, The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis (OUP 2010) and The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization (OUP 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Introduction
2: Modality and Subjectivity
3: Modality and Semantic Change
4: Illustrating the Model - some case studies
5: Cross-linguistic Patterns of Polysemy and Change Within Modality and Mood
6: Shifts Between Types of Modality in Traditional Terms
7: Into (and out of) Modality
8: Conclusions
Appendix
References