Evidentiality in German : linguistic realization and regularities in grammaticalization / by Gabriele Diewald, Elena Smirnova.

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 develop...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Diewald, Gabriele
Other Authors:	Smirnova, Elena
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2010.
Series:	Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 228.
Subjects:	German language > Grammaticalization. Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization.