Modality verbs in Carapan Purepecha
This paper describes the use of two Purepecha verbs, namely uni ‘to make’ and jatsini ‘to have’, as modal expressions of possibility and necessity, respectively. Uni covers the whole spectrum of modal categories: deontic, epistemic and dynamic, while jatsini triggers mostly a deontic interpretation.
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Estado: | Published version |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | COLMEX |
| Repositorio: | Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx:article/6 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/6 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | modality modal verbs Purepecha modalidad verbos modales purépecha |
| Sumario: | This paper describes the use of two Purepecha verbs, namely uni ‘to make’ and jatsini ‘to have’, as modal expressions of possibility and necessity, respectively. Uni covers the whole spectrum of modal categories: deontic, epistemic and dynamic, while jatsini triggers mostly a deontic interpretation. |
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