Browsing Humanities by Subject "Modality"
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Language contact and change through translation in Afrikaans and South African English : a diachronic corpus-based study
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Languages are constantly changing and there are numerous reasons as to why languages change. One of these is contact-induced language change. It refers to the situation where languages synchronically influence one another ... -
Modality on trek : diachronic changes in written South African English across text and context
(North West University, 2014)This study describes the diachronic development of modality in South African English (henceforth SAfE) from the early 19th century up to its contemporary state (1820s to 1990s) in the registers of letters, news, fiction/narrative ... -
Op soek na 'n omvattende tipologiese beskrywing van modaliteit: die Afrikaanse modale sisteem
(North-West University (South Africa). Vanderbijlpark Campus, 2019)Modality is a challenging and complex field in linguistics and together with tempus and aspect is probably one of the most dynamic and important terrains in current research. Many difficulties confront the researcher in ... -
Postulêre werkwoorde in Griekwa-Afrikaans : 'n grammatikaliseringsondersoek
(2014)Grammatical constructions containing postural verbs (CPVs) are present in a variety of languages. The Afrikaans and Dutch CPV-progressive constructions have already been discussed in depth in recent linguistics studies. ...