The syntax, semantics and pragmatics of Spanish mood / Henk Haverkate.

This study provides a consistent description and explanation of the syntax, the semantics and the pragmatics of Spanish mood. A major focus of attention is the central role of the truthfunctional categories of realis, potentialis and irrealis as parameters relevant to mood selection in both subordin...

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Main Author: Haverkate, Henk
Format: eBook
Language:English
Dutch
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2002.
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 96.
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Uniform Title:Modale vormen van het Spaanse werkwoord.
Table of Contents:
  • The Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish Mood; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Modal categories of the Spanish verb; Chapter 2: Functions of the modal categories of the Spanish verb; Chapter 3: The modal structure of non-subordinate clauses; Chapter 4: Que-sentences; Chapter 5: The modal structure of subordinate clauses; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Notes; References; Corpus; Subject index; Proper-name index; Lexicon; Pragmatics and Beyond New Series.