NORVEGŲ KALBOS MODALINIŲ VEIKSMAŽODŽIŲ SEMANTIKA
THE SEMANTICS OF THE NORWEGIAN MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS
Author(s): Ugnius Vizgirda MikučionisSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, I have tried to show that the meanings of Modern Norwegian modal verbs may best be described in terms of gradable scales (clines) both with respect to epistemic and non-epistemic modality. Epistemic modality deals with the degree of commitment; Deontic modality – “ – degree of moral desirability; Dynamic modality – “ – degree of readiness. The use of such gradable scales (clines) enables us to draw a semantic map which adequately covers the relevant semantic area – and to make some hypotheses about the diachronic development of the meanings of the Norwegian modal verbs.
Journal: Kalbotyra
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 57(3)
- Page Range: 186-195
- Page Count: 9
- Language: Lithuanian