The Semantics and Pragmatics of Uummarmiutun Modals

• Main Author: Berthelin, Signe Rix
• Other Authors: Borthen, Kaja, Boye, Kasper
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: NTNU 2017
• Subjects: VDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::General literary science: 041; Canada; Inuvik; Viten; Inuvialuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2480157

Summary of the thesis We use modal expressions to talk about permissions, obligations and desires (e.g. Peter must/may/ wants to leave) as well as how certain we are of something (e.g. It must/might/may be raining). Like other parts of language, there is not always a one-to-one correspondence betwee...