Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780199694372
Subjects: Japanese language; Chinese language
Description: This text is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. With a focus on Japanese and - to a lesser extent - Chinese, it is a countercheck to hypotheses built on the Indo-European languages.