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Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking
Language:
Greenlandic (West)
Feature:
Overlap between Situational and Epistemic Modal Marking
by
Johan van der Auwera
and
Andreas Ammann
Value:
Overlap for both possibility and necessity
Examples
Sentence igt-1173:
Inna-jaa- ssa -atit.
Inna-jaa- ssa -atit.
go.to.bed-early-
nec
-
ind
.
2sg
You must go to bed early.
Sentence igt-1174:
Københavni-mii- ssa -aq.
Københavni-mii- ssa -aq.
Copenhagen-be.in-
nec
-
ind
.
3sg
She must be in Copenhagen.
Sentence igt-3626:
Timmi- sinnaa -vuq.
Timmi- sinnaa -vuq.
fly-can-
ind
.
3sg
It can fly.
Sentence igt-3627:
Nuum-mut aalla-reer- sinnaa -galuar-poq ...
Nuum-mut
Nuuk-
all
aalla-reer- sinnaa -galuar-poq ...
leave-already-can-however-
3sg
.
ind
He may well have left for Nuuk already, but...
References
Fortescue 1984
cite
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