Eintrag

Titel

Modals in the languages of Europe. A reference work

Personen

Björn Hansen, Ferdinand Haan

Jahr

2009

Typ

Sammelband

Verlag

Mouton de Gruyter

Ort

Berlin, New York

Reihe

Empirical approaches to language typology

Band

44

Schlagwörter

Modalität

Beiträge

• Mortelmans: Modals in the Germanic languages

Abstract

This book is the first comprehensive survey of modals and modal constructions in the languages of Europe. It is a collaborative effort between scholars from Europe and the United States, stemming from a workshop on Modals in the Languages of Europe in Valencia. The aim of this book is to describe the properties of modals and modal constructions in the European area and to compare the systems in individual languages or language families from an areal and genetic perspective. For the sake of contrast, the book also looks at the expression of modality in some languages just outside of Europe. The book consists of fourteen chapters on modal systems in individual languages or language families, written by experts in the respective languages, and an introductory and concluding chapter, written by the editors.

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