01287nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000092226 StDuBDS 20150804193921.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120702s2012 enk fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780191742279 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PL629.M63 495.65 23 Narrog, Heiko. Modality, subjectivity, and semantic change [electronic resource] : a cross-linguistic perspective / Heiko Narrog. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 1 online resource. This text is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. With a focus on Japanese and - to a lesser extent - Chinese, it is a countercheck to hypotheses built on the Indo-European languages. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 9, 2012). Includes bibliographical references and index. Japanese language Modality. Chinese language Modality. Print version 9780199694372 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199694372.001.0001 36626 36626