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The Dative Alternation Revisited: Fresh Insights from Contemporary Spoken Data
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The Swedish modal auxiliary ska/skall seen through its English translations
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In: Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies (BeLLS); Årg 9 Nr 1 (2018): Corpora et comparatio linguarum: Textual and contextual perspectives ; Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies; Vol 9 No 1 (2018): Corpora et comparatio linguarum: Textual and contextual perspectives ; 1892-2449 ; 10.15845/bells.v9i1 (2018)
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The Swedish modal auxiliary ska/ll is interesting typologically because it is highly multifunctional with different functions in the systems of tense and modality. The aim of the paper is to investigate the translations of ska/ll into English as a methodology to throw light on its multifunctionality and the linguistic and extralinguistic factors determining its usage as a marker of obligation. The translations with must and the imperative point to the performative uses of ska/ll such as commands and orders. However, the translations also show that ska/ll is involved in offers, recommendations, suggestions, advice where the strength of imposition has been weakened. Other translations reveal more unexpected uses of ska/ll, for example to express negative evaluation if the context of the utterance could be interpreted as emotional or argumentative. The translations also draw attention to linguistic and non-linguistic factors aiding to distinguish functions of ska/ll (or choosing a particular translational correspondence).
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URL: https://bells.uib.no/index.php/bells/article/view/1523 https://doi.org/10.15845/bells.v9i1.1523
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