Gramatykalizacje modalności w językach naturalnych na przykładzie japońskiego rzeczownika tsumori
Grammaticalization of modality in natural languages: The case of the noun tsumori in Japanese

Summary/Abstract: The Japanese noun tsumori is used as the so-called formal noun and the head of syntactic nominalization. Its main meaning of ‘aim, intention’ is expressed through the basic sentence pattern of (suru) tsumori da. The modal meanings of this noun reveal close connections with the pragmatics of linguistic politeness and manifestation of attitudes in interpersonal communication. The article deals with the main sentential patterns and functions from the comparative perspective.

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