Modal polyfunctionality and German modals revisited

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://kalbos.ktu.lt/index.php/KStud/article/view/35276" target="_blank" >https://kalbos.ktu.lt/index.php/KStud/article/view/35276</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.sal.1.44.35276" target="_blank" >10.5755/j01.sal.1.44.35276</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Modal polyfunctionality and German modals revisited

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper points out that there is presently no consistent definition of German modals, nor isthere any agreement as to which verbs should be categorized as modals. The paper suggeststhat modals should be defined based on modal polyfunctionality, i.e. the ability to expressboth root and epistemic readings. Applying this definition, the paper states that besides canonical dürfen ‘beallowed to’, können ‘can’, mögen ‘may’, müssen ‘must’, sollen ‘should’, wollen ‘want’, verbs werden ‘will’ andbrauchen ‘need’ are to be considered modals as well, since they semantically behave as standard modals.More specifically, they are both capable of expressing both root and epistemic modalities. Furthermore, the paperproposes that the absence of agreement in 1st and 3rd person singular in modals such as in ich/er mussØ ‘I/he must’ cannot be solely attributed to their preterite-present origin of modals, but is related to the synchronicdefinition of modals, i.e. their polyfunctionality as a result of paradigmatic coherence. In addition to exploringthe central modals, the paper investigates the paradigms of brauchen ‘need’, as well as werden ‘will’, suggestingthat they might be aligning with the central modals in terms of their agreement morphology as well. Sincebeing theoretical, the paper’s arguments are supported by the examples from the texts referenced in literatureor produced by native speakers of German.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Modal polyfunctionality and German modals revisited

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper points out that there is presently no consistent definition of German modals, nor isthere any agreement as to which verbs should be categorized as modals. The paper suggeststhat modals should be defined based on modal polyfunctionality, i.e. the ability to expressboth root and epistemic readings. Applying this definition, the paper states that besides canonical dürfen ‘beallowed to’, können ‘can’, mögen ‘may’, müssen ‘must’, sollen ‘should’, wollen ‘want’, verbs werden ‘will’ andbrauchen ‘need’ are to be considered modals as well, since they semantically behave as standard modals.More specifically, they are both capable of expressing both root and epistemic modalities. Furthermore, the paperproposes that the absence of agreement in 1st and 3rd person singular in modals such as in ich/er mussØ ‘I/he must’ cannot be solely attributed to their preterite-present origin of modals, but is related to the synchronicdefinition of modals, i.e. their polyfunctionality as a result of paradigmatic coherence. In addition to exploringthe central modals, the paper investigates the paradigms of brauchen ‘need’, as well as werden ‘will’, suggestingthat they might be aligning with the central modals in terms of their agreement morphology as well. Sincebeing theoretical, the paper’s arguments are supported by the examples from the texts referenced in literatureor produced by native speakers of German.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Studies about Languages

ISSN

1648-2824

e-ISSN

2029-7203

Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

44

Stát vydavatele periodika

LT - Litevská republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

53-70

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85198273167