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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Author: Caldera Segovia, Aarón
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2013
Country:México
Institution:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repository:Cuadernos de Lingüística de El Colegio de México
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx:article/6
Online Access:https://cuadernoslinguistica.colmex.mx/index.php/cl/article/view/6
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:modality
modal verbs
Purepecha
modalidad
verbos modales
purépecha
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Summary: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.