DEGREES OF CONFIDENCE AND MODAL WORDS IN LITHUANIAN
DEGREES OF CONFIDENCE AND MODAL WORDS IN LITHUANIAN
Author(s): Aurelija UsonienėSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: degrees; confidence words; modal words;
Summary/Abstract: Probability, an epistemic qualification of modality in language, is considered to be a gradable category. The paper will look at the qualitative and quantitative parameters of equivalence between the realizations of high and low degree of probability in English and Lithuanian. The focus of the contrast is on model words and particles in Lithuanian and their correspondences in English. The purpose of this parallel corpus-based pilot study is to see whether there is any language-specific conceptualization of probability in Lithuanian.
Journal: Lietuvių kalba
- Issue Year: 2007
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-10
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English