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Title
The "one-commitment-per-clause" principle and the cognitive status of qualificational categories
Author
Abstract
Combinations of performative deontic, epistemic and evidential expressions in a clause appear to be very rare in language. This article presents facts to this effect on the basis of Dutch corpus data, and attempts to explain them. The aim is to contribute to the understanding of the cognitive status of the semantic notions involved, and more generally of the phenomenon called tense-aspect-modality marking or the qualification of states of affairs in language. In particular, the aim is to contribute to current theorizing on the hierarchical nature of qualifications and the position of this hierarchical system in a cognitive language model.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Linguistics : an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences. - The Hague, 1963, currens
Publication
The Hague : 2009
ISSN
0024-3949 [print]
1613-396X [online]
DOI
10.1515/LING.2009.005
Volume/pages
47 :1 (2009) , p. 141-171
ISI
000264047900005
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UAntwerpen
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Creation 24.02.2009
Last edited 25.05.2022
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