The grammaticization of the German modal particles

Abraham, Werner

doi:10.1075/tsl.19.2.17abr

In:Approaches to Grammaticalization: Volume II. Types of grammatical markers
Edited by Elizabeth Closs Traugott and Bernd Heine
[Typological Studies in Language 19:2] 1991
► pp. 331–380

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The grammaticization of the German modal particles

Werner Abraham

Published online: 15 October 1991

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.19.2.17abr

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