par Anthonissen, Lynn;De Witte, Astrid;Mortelmans, Tanja 
Référence Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 28, 1, page (1-30)
Publication Publié, 2016-02
Référence Journal of Germanic Linguistics, 28, 1, page (1-30)
Publication Publié, 2016-02
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | This paper presents a corpus-based analysis of the semantics of the German am V-inf sein construction, or am-progressive. Like its English counterpart and many other progressive constructions in the world's languages, the am-progressive is shown to convey not only a variety of aspecto-temporal meanings, but also a range of (inter)subjective qualifications, such as intensification, irritation, and evasiveness. These (inter)subjective connotations are argued to reflect the am-progressive's core meaning of epistemic contingency, which we believe is instantiated in all of its uses. |
