Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse

The semantic and morphological features of the evidential verbs of speech sagen (speak) and behaupten (assert), introducing statements with direct, indirect and fragmentary quotes in the German-language media discourse are discussed in the article. The study is based on the material of the Mannheim...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6bfbd77dcbc54ca28e287502643572582021-12-02T07:58:10ZCorpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse2225-756X2227-129510.24224/2227-1295-2020-4-9-26https://doaj.org/article/6bfbd77dcbc54ca28e287502643572582020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/183https://doaj.org/toc/2225-756Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2227-1295The semantic and morphological features of the evidential verbs of speech sagen (speak) and behaupten (assert), introducing statements with direct, indirect and fragmentary quotes in the German-language media discourse are discussed in the article. The study is based on the material of the Mannheim Corps of the German Language “COSMAS II”. The empirical material is the newspapers “Die Welt”, “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, and “Tageszeitung”. Attention is paid to one of the components of the category of evidentiality - reported evidentiality, which includes the meanings of ‘quotative’ and ‘hearsay’. A classification of the most significant sources of information is proposed. The results of a comparative analysis of the verbs sagen and behaupten are presented. It is concluded that the verb sagen is the most frequent and neutral verb introducing someone else's speech. The authors note that when transmitting indirect and fragmented citation, sagen usually means ‘individual personal quotative’ based on official and reliable sources. It is proved that the verb behaupten is a marked means of direct, indirect and fragmented quotes. It is emphasized that the verb behaupten is possible as an introductory verb when transmitting the meanings ‘generalized quotation’ and ‘rumors’.E. V. BodnarukT. N. AstakhovaTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovarticlegerman-language media discoursesagenbehauptendirect quotingindirect citationfragmented citationevidential meaning ‘quotative’evidential meaning ‘hearsay’Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665RUНаучный диалог, Vol 0, Iss 4, Pp 9-26 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language RU
topic german-language media discourse
sagen
behaupten
direct quoting
indirect citation
fragmented citation
evidential meaning ‘quotative’
evidential meaning ‘hearsay’
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
spellingShingle german-language media discourse
sagen
behaupten
direct quoting
indirect citation
fragmented citation
evidential meaning ‘quotative’
evidential meaning ‘hearsay’
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
E. V. Bodnaruk
T. N. Astakhova
Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse
description The semantic and morphological features of the evidential verbs of speech sagen (speak) and behaupten (assert), introducing statements with direct, indirect and fragmentary quotes in the German-language media discourse are discussed in the article. The study is based on the material of the Mannheim Corps of the German Language “COSMAS II”. The empirical material is the newspapers “Die Welt”, “Süddeutsche Zeitung”, and “Tageszeitung”. Attention is paid to one of the components of the category of evidentiality - reported evidentiality, which includes the meanings of ‘quotative’ and ‘hearsay’. A classification of the most significant sources of information is proposed. The results of a comparative analysis of the verbs sagen and behaupten are presented. It is concluded that the verb sagen is the most frequent and neutral verb introducing someone else's speech. The authors note that when transmitting indirect and fragmented citation, sagen usually means ‘individual personal quotative’ based on official and reliable sources. It is proved that the verb behaupten is a marked means of direct, indirect and fragmented quotes. It is emphasized that the verb behaupten is possible as an introductory verb when transmitting the meanings ‘generalized quotation’ and ‘rumors’.
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author E. V. Bodnaruk
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title Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse
title_short Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse
title_full Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse
title_fullStr Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse
title_full_unstemmed Corpus Analysis of Evidential Verbs SAGEN and BEHAUPTEN in Modern German-Language Media Discourse
title_sort corpus analysis of evidential verbs sagen and behaupten in modern german-language media discourse
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