Frank Sode

List of John Benjamins publications in which Frank Sode is involved.

Articles

Schmitt, Viola and Frank Sode 2025 Modal comparisons across individuals require (a notion of) relative intensities Footprints of Phrase Structure: Studies in syntax in honour of Tim Stowell, Arche, María J., Jan-Wouter Zwart, Hamida Demirdache and Hagit Borer (eds.), pp. 282–299 | Chapter

This article lays out a novel problem for theories of comparison and graded modality. Based on examples where we compare desirability across different attitude subjects — i.e. α wants φ more than β (wants φ) — and thus seem to be relating points from different scales to one another, we argue… read more

Schenner, Mathias and Frank Sode 2014 Modal particles in causal clauses: The case of German weil wohl Modes of Modality: Modality, typology, and universal grammar, Leiss, Elisabeth and Werner Abraham (eds.), pp. 291–316 | Article

It is well-known that modal particles are not only licensed in root clauses, but also in a proper subset of embedded clauses. However, most existing accounts are primarily concerned with syntactic licensing conditions of modal particles in embedded clauses, while their semantic aspects remain… read more