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 language | Swedish |
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Title of host publication | Språkets roll och räckvidd |
Editors | Karin Milles, Anna Vogel |
Publisher | Stockholms universitet |
Pages | 254-263 |
Publication status | Published - 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