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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Autor: Caldera Segovia, Aarón
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Recursos:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx:article/6
Acesso em linha:https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/6
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:modality
modal verbs
Purepecha
modalidad
verbos modales
purépecha
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Resumo: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.