On the grammaticalization of inferential evidential meaning: English "seem" and German "scheinen"

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Whitt, Richard J. (2015) On the grammaticalization of inferential evidential meaning: English "seem" and German "scheinen". Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis, 20 (2). ISSN 1087-5557 (In Press)

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Abstract

This paper provides an account of inferential evidential meaning in English and German, realized by seem and scheinen, respectively. The focus is on the grammaticalization of these verbs into semi-auxiliaries that take infinitive complements, a process localized mainly to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries by the current study. Uses involving complement clauses and parentheticals are also investigated. A number of diachronic corpora are consulted for data, thus painting a clearer picture of the timing of this grammaticalization scenario. Results are discussed briefly in a cross-linguistic perspective.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/993251
Keywords: Evidentiality, Grammaticalization, English, German
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Arts > School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies > Department of German Studies
Depositing User: Whitt, Richard
Date Deposited: 20 Jul 2015 16:19
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:12
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/29336

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