Epistemic mag revisited: Assessing the (ir)relevance of propositions

verfasst von

Katja Politt

Abstract

This paper investigates the epistemic use of the German modal mag. Recent studies have suggested that it might be developing into a concessive marker, possibly losing its epistemic component of assessing the factuality of a proposition. Using a corpus‑based analysis of its context features, this paper argues that mag still retains some of its epistemic characteristics and is functionally close to markers of irrelevance.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Deutsches Seminar

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Studia Germanica Gedanensia

Band

49

Seiten

29-39

Anzahl der Seiten

10

ISSN

1230-6045

Publikationsdatum

27.03.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Sprache und Linguistik

Fachgebiet (basierend auf ÖFOS 2012)

Germanistik

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.26881/sgg.2023.49.02 (Zugang: Offen)