| Title | : | Evidentiality in German |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Gabriele Diewald & Elena Smirnova |
| Release | : | 2010-08-31 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Language Arts & Disciplines, Books, Professional & Technical, Education |
| Size | : | 6992028 |
| The book is a comprehensive study of the evidential system in German. It focuses on the constructions scheinen ‘seem’, drohen ‘threaten’, versprechen ‘promise’+ zu-infinitive, and werden ‘become’ + infinitive. The main idea is that with the diachronic development of these constructions we are witnessing the genesis of a new grammatical category in German. |
