Open AccessProblemer omkring beskrivelsen af modusbrugen i tysk "indirekte tale"
Author(s) -
Sven-Olaf Poulsen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
hermes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.759
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1903-1785
pISSN - 0904-1699
DOI - 10.7146/hjlcb.v1i1.21337
Subject(s) - german , danish , linguistics , modality (human–computer interaction) , focus (optics) , interpreter , psychology , indirect speech , computer science , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , philosophy , programming language , physics , optics
A review of present Danish and German studies of modality in German indirect speech suggests they should be based on sufficiently large text corpora representing the most important text types. Productive grammars intended for interpreters should focus on texts relevant to language training and should incorporate pragmatic aspects when necessary. Reference is made to an exemplary investigation of modality and tense in indirect speech in Danish and German in judgements passed in first instance courts. Comparative analyses for each text type and language pair are needed.