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  • 6 - The Syntax of Modal Verbs in German, Dutch, and English

  • from II - Verbal Modality
  • Werner Abraham, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Book:
    Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics
    Published online:
    06 February 2021
    Print publication:
    17 September 2020, pp 157-187

  • Summary

    We look at the comparative properties of modal verbs in English, Romance and Slavic, and investigate whether modal verbs with their typical clustering property share something with auxiliaries. One main asset is that modals verbs in German (and Dutch, but not in English) can be used as full lexical verbs. Another main asset of German and Dutch modal verbs is their contingency upon aspect and Aktionsart embeddings. In this respect. Slavic , with its strong propensity to grammatical aspect, provides confirming evidence as complex aspectual properties often give rise to modal interpretations reflecting modal verbs of German.