Beschreibung:
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insights by approaching language from an interdisciplinary perspective.
I think - an English modal particle, Karin Aijmer; Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals, Oddleif Leirbukt; The modal particle 'schon' - its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, Elisabet Ormelius-Sandblom; Negation and modality in the Germanic languages, Frank R. Palmer; Expressive sentence types - a contradiction in terms - the case of exclamation, Inger Rosengren; Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning - the case of promise and threaten, Elizabeth Closs Traugott; On the use of 'trauchen' versus 'mussen', Bjarne Ulvestad; Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles 'altsa' and 'nemlig', Ildiko Vasko, Thorstein Freheim; On narrative declarative 'VI-sentences' in German, Olaf Onnesdfors.