THE MODAL FUNCTIONS OF PRETERITE-PRESENT VERBS IN GOTHIC
The article deals with the semantics of preterite-present verbs in Gothic; 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 verbs into the modal verbs are defined.
Keywords: preterite-present verbs, text’s frequency, context-induced reinterpretation, bridging context, switch context
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Issue: 4, 2014
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