DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODAL VERB MЦGEN IN GERMAN

Babakina T.N.

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The article deals with the process of the development of the modal verb mцgen in German, based on the materials of Gothic, Old, Middle and Early New High German languages; the text’s frequency is calculated, the analysis of the contexts promoting the development of new values is carried out, mechanisms of the semantic changes happening in the development of preterite-present verb into the modal verb are defined.

Keywords: modal verb, text frequency, context-induced reinterpretation, bridging context, switch context

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Issue: 3, 2013

Pages: 44 — 50

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