Subjectivity as an evidential dimension in epistemic modal expressions

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 383-400

  Nuyts, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Epistemic modality; Evidentiality; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043262919     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-2166(00)00009-6     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Aksu-Koç Ayhan, Slobin Dan. Chafe W., Nichols J. A psychological account of the development and use of evidentials in Turkish. 1986;159-167.
2. Boogaart P.C. Uit den. Woordfrequenties in geschreven en gesproken Nederlands. 1975;Oosthoek, Utrecht.
3. Bybee Joan L., Fleischman Suzanne. Modality in grammar and discourse. 1995;Benjamins, Amsterdam.
4. Carey Kathleen. Stein D., Wright S. Subjectification and the development of the English perfect. 1995;83-102.
5. Chafe Wallace, Nichols Johanna. Evidentiality. 1986;Ablex, Norwood.
6. Choi Soonja. Bybee J., Fleischman S. The development of epistemic sentence-ending modal forms and functions in Korean children. 1995;165-204.
7. Coates Jennifer. The semantics of the modal auxiliaries. 1983;Croom Helm, London.
8. DeLancey Scott. Chafe W., Nichols J. Evidentiality and volitionality in Tibetan. 1986;203-213.
9. DeLancey Scott. Mirativity: The grammatical marking of unexpected information. Linguistic Typology. 1:1997;33-52.
10. Dik Simon C. The theory of functional grammar. 1997;De Gruyter, Berlin.
11. Foley William A., Van Valin Robert D. Functional syntax and universal grammar. 1984;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
12. Hengeveld Kees. Illocution, mood and modality in a functional grammar of Spanish. Journal of Semantics. 6:1988;227-269.
13. Hengeveld Kees. Layers and operators in functional grammar. Journal of Linguistics. 25:1989;127-157.
14. Kiefer Ferenc. Focus and modality. Groninger Arbeiten zur Germanistischen Linguistik. 24:1984;55-81.
15. Langacker Ronald. Subjectification. Cognitive Linguistics. 1:1990;5-38.
16. Lee Hyo Sang. Cognitive constraints on expressing newly perceived information: With reference to epistemic modal suffixes in Korean. Cognitive Linguistics. 4:1993;135-167.
17. Lyons John. Semantics. 1977;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
18. Nichols Johanna. Chafe W., Nichols J. The bottom line: Chinese Pidgin Russian. 1986;239-257.
19. Nuyts Jan. Subjective vs. objective modality: What is the difference? Fortescue M., Harder P., Kristoffersen L. Layered structure and reference in a functional perspective. 1992;73-98 Benjamins, Amsterdam.
20. Nuyts Jan. Epistemic modal adverbs and adjectives and the layered representation of conceptual and linguistic structure. Linguistics. 31:1993;933-969.
21. Nuyts Jan. Epistemic modal qualifications: On their linguistic and conceptual structure. Wilrijk: Antwerp Papers in Linguistics. 1994;81.
22. Nuyts Jan. Layered models of qualifications of states of affairs: Cognition vs. typology? van der Auwera J., Durieux F., Lejeune L. English as a human language. 1998;274-284 Lincom, München.
23. Nuyts Jan. Tensions between discourse structure and conceptual semantics: The syntax of epistemic modal expressions. Studies in Language. 2000a;24. in press.
24. Nuyts Jan. Epistemic modality, language and conceptualization: A cognitive-pragmatic perspective. 2000b;Benjamins, Amsterdam. In press.
25. Nuyts Jan, Vonk Wietske. Epistemic modality and focus in Dutch. Linguistics. 37:1999;699-737.
26. Palmer F.R. Modality and the English modals. 1979;Longman, London.
27. Palmer F.R. Mood and modality. 1986;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
28. Perkins Michael R. Modal expressions in English. 1983;Pinter, London.
29. Slobin Dan I., Aksu Ayhan A. Tense, aspect, and modality in the use of the Turkish evidential. Hopper P. Tense-aspect: Between semantics and pragmatics. 1982;185-200 Benjamins, Amsterdam.
30. Stein Dieter, Wright Susan. Subjectivity and subjectivisation: Linguistic perspectives. 1995;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
31. Thompson Sandra A., Mulac Anthony. Traugott E., Heine B. A quantitative perspective on the grammaticization of epistemic parentheticals in English. 2:1991;313-329.
32. Traugott Elizabeth Closs. On the rise of epistemic meanings in English: An example of subjectification in semantic change. Language. 65:1989;31-55.
33. Traugott Elizabeth Closs. Stein D., Wright S. Subjectification in grammaticalisation. 1995;31-54.
34. Traugott Elizabeth Closs. Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning: The case of promise and threaten. Swan T., Westvik O.J. Modality in Germanic languages: Historical and comparative perspectives. 1997;185-210 De Gruyter, Berlin.
35. Traugott Elizabeth Closs, Heine Bernd. Approaches to grammaticalization. 1991;Benjamins, Amsterdam.
36. Traugott Elizabeth Closs, König Ekkehard. Traugott E., Heine B. The semantics-pragmatics of grammaticalization revisited. 1991;189-218.
37. Valin Robert D. Van, LaPolla Randy J. Syntax: Structure, meaning and function. 1997;Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
38. Vandenbosch Luc. Aspekten van passiefvorming in het Nederlands. Ph.D. dissertation. 1992;University of Antwerp.
39. Watts Richard. An analysis of epistemic possibility and probability. English Studies. 65:1984;129-140.
40. Woodbury Anthony C. Chafe W., Nichols J. Interactions of tense and evidentiality: A study of Sherpa and English. 1986;188-202.