De-auxiliarization without de-modalization in the Dutch core modals: a case of collective degrammaticalization?  

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Nuyts, Jan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language Sciences (Full Text) vol. 36 (2013), page 124-133.
Topik: Modal auxiliaries Modality Grammaticalization Degrammaticalization Dutch
Fulltext: vol. 36 March, 2013. p. 124-133.pdf (252.8KB)

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This paper reports on a remarkable pattern of re-autonomization, hence, possibly, degrammaticalization, occurring in three core modals in Dutch, viz. kunnen ‘can’, mogen ‘may’ and moeten ‘must’, a process in which the deontic and directive uses of these verbs seem to play a special role.

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