The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality

The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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Download or read book The Grammaticalization of Tense, Aspect, Modality and Evidentiality written by Kees Hengeveld and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a series of contributions to the study of grammaticalization of tense, aspect, and modality from a functional perspective. All contributions share the aim to uncover the functional motivations behind the processes of grammaticalization under discussion, but they do so from different points of view.


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