Det verkar verka – om ett rätt nytt svenskt hjälpverb

Ulf Teleman

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Abstract

The Swedish epistemic auxiliary "verka" 'seem to' has developed since the end of the 19th century from an active causative meaning 'have the effect', 'cause'. Its use with a main verb in the infinitive has increased in the latter half of the 20th century. The deveolpment is studied as a case of grammaticalization.
Original languageSwedish
Title of host publicationSpråkets roll och räckvidd
EditorsKarin Milles, Anna Vogel
PublisherStockholms universitet
Pages254-263
Publication statusPublished - 2007

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ISSN (Print)0562-1097

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Swedish (015011001)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Languages and Literature

Free keywords

  • language history
  • Epistemic
  • Swedish
  • grammaticalization
  • auxiliary

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