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The major aim of this volume is to investigate infinitival structures from a diachronic point of view and, simultaneously, to embed the diachronic findings into the ongoing theoretical discussion on non-finite clauses in general. All contributions subscribe to a dynamic approach to infinitival clauses by investigating their origin, development and loss in miscellaneous patterns and across different languages.

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Infinitival constructions. --- Syntax. --- Verb. --- Verb --- Language and languages --- Syntax --- Infinitival constructions --- Infinitive constructions --- Infinitive clauses --- Infinitive phrases --- Semantics, Comparative --- Historical linguistics --- Infinitive --- Clauses --- Verb phrase --- Verbals --- Reflexives --- English language --- Infinitive. --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Germanic languages --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Infinitival Structures. --- Non-finite Clauses. --- Syntax-Semantics Interface.

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"This collection presents novel insights into the micro- and macro-variation of causal clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. It contains a general introduction to the topic setting the scene, and nine chapters based on data from Dutch, German, English, Icelandic, Chinese, and Japanese. Topics discussed in the individual chapters involve, inter alia, external, internal and linear syntax of adverbial clauses expressing a causal relation, their semantic interpretation and information-structural properties, verb position, volitionality, and the development of particular causal conjunctions. The findings gained here are of synchronic and diachronic nature and offer new theoretical perspectives on how causal dependency relationships are expressed by inherent causal morpho-syntactic patterns. They also provide a deeper comprehension of how sentential modifiers work, emerge and develop in general. This volume is an asset to grammarians, syntacticians, theoretical and historical linguists"--

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Causal relations (Linguistics) --- Clauses.

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Modality is the way a speaker modifies her declaratives and other speech acts to optimally assess the common ground of knowledge and belief of the addressee with the aim to optimally achieve understanding and an assessment of relevant information exchange. In languages such as German (and other Germanic languages outside of English), this may happen in covert terms. Main categories used for this purpose are modal adverbials ("modal particles") and modal verbs. Epistemic uses of modal verbs (like German sollen) cover evidential (reportative) information simultaneously providing the source of the information. Methodologically, description and explanation rest on Karl Bühler's concept of Origo as well as Roman Jakobson's concept of shifter. Typologically, East Asian languages such as Japanese pursue these semasiological fundaments far more closely than the European languages. In particular, Japanese has to mark the source of a statement in the declarative mode such that the reliability may be assessed by the hearer. The contributions in this collection provide insight into these modal techniques.

Modality (Linguistics) --- Cognitive grammar. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Language and languages --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Aspect. --- Mood. --- Tense. --- Philosophy. --- Psycholinguistics --- Grammar --- 801.56 --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Modalité (Linguistique) --- Grammaire cognitive --- Aspect (Linguistique) --- Modes (Linguistique) --- Temps (Linguistique) --- Langage et langues --- Typologie (Linguistique) --- Philosophie --- Linguistic typology --- Tense (Grammar) --- Mode (Grammar) --- Mood (Grammar) --- Aspect (Linguistics) --- Cognitive linguistics --- Typology --- Verbal aspect --- Cognitive grammar --- Linguistics --- Linguistic universals --- Aspect --- Mood --- Tense --- Philosophy --- Temporal constructions --- Verb --- Classification --- Philology --- Modality. --- Semantics. --- Syntax. --- Typology.