The degree of grammaticalization of gotta, gonna, wanna and better: A corpus study
The paper studies the degree of grammaticalization of the structures gotta, gonna, wanna and better. The study presumes that the semantics of these structures – more precisely their modal polyfunctionality (i.e. the ability to express deontic and epistemic meaning at the same time) – has an impact o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Langue: | English |
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Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
2015-06-01
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| Collection: | Topics in Linguistics |
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| Accès en ligne: | https://doi.org/10.2478/topling-2015-0005 |