Modality and Mood in Romance: Modal interpretation, mood selection, and mood alternation

Published by De Gruyter 2011

Modality and Mood in Romance

Modal interpretation, mood selection, and mood alternation

Edited by: Martin G. Becker and Eva-Maria Remberger

Volume 533 in the series Linguistische Arbeiten

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110234343

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About this book

This collective volume contains a selection of research contributions, presented at the 30th Deutscher Romanistentag [German Conference on Romance languages and literatures] in 2007 in Vienna in the section “Mood and Modality in Romance”. The Romance languages studied here include Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan and French. All contributions thematically explore the status and importance of modality and mood and their reciprocal relationships with reference to theoretical approaches.

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Martin G. Becker, University of Cologne, Germany; Eva-Maria Remberger, University of Konstanz, Germany.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Table of contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Modality and Mood in Romance: An introduction Martin G. Becker and Eva-Maria Remberger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Modal interpretation
Modal readings of sentence connectives in German and Portuguese Hardarik Blühdorn and Tinka Reichmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
‘Modal uses’ of the Italian imperfetto and the Spanish imperfecto: a comparison Sarah Dessì Schmid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Modal non-finite relatives in Romance Ion Giurgea and Elena Soare Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Epistemic modality and evidentiality and their definition on a deictic basis Gerda Haßler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Where mood, modality and illocution meet: the morphosyntax of Romance conjectures Mario Squartini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
II. Mood selection and mood alternation
Modality, context change potential and mood selection in European Portuguese Rui Marques Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
On the (un)stability of mood distribution in Romance Josep Quer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Grammaticalization and language comparison in the Romance mood system Jan Lindschouw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Principles of mood change in evaluative contexts: the case of French Martin G. Becker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics (German Studies, Linguistics), Libraries, Institutes
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 245
Keywords: Linguistics; Mode; Romance Languages and Literature; Semantics; Syntax

eBook

Published: December 20, 2010
ISBN: 9783110234343

Hardcover

Published: December 14, 2010
ISBN: 9783110234336