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- Title
On the Categorial Properties of English and German Modal Verbs.
- Authors
Machová, Dagmar
- Abstract
Considering the prototypical properties of English and German verbs, this paper analyzes the categorial status, i.e. the part of speech, of core modal verbs in both languages. Illustrating the morphological and syntactic properties of modal elements in both languages, the paper demonstrates that English modals do not exhibit verbal properties and therefore cannot be considered to be verbs, despite the frequently held view. Furthermore, the paper illustrates that German modal verbs possess the majority of prototypical verbal properties, and therefore are to be considered legitimate members of this part of speech.
- Subjects
PROTOTYPE (Linguistics); ENGLISH language -- Verb; GERMAN verbs; VERBS; MODALITY (Linguistics)
- Publication
Ostrava Journal of English Philology, 2013, Vol 5, Issue 2, p91
- ISSN
1803-8174
- Publication type
Article