EUROEVIDMOD

The expression of Evidentiality and Modality in English and other European Languages: Cross-linguistic perspectives (EUROEVIDMOD)

La expresión de la evidencialidad y modalidad en inglés y otras lenguas europeas: Perspectivas interlingüísticas

(Ref. FFI2011-23181), Dirección General de Investigación y Gestión del Plan Nacional de I+D+i, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Juana I. Marín Arrese

This project aims to establish a unified account and description of evidential and epistemic modal expressions in English, in the languages of Spain (Basque, Catalan, Galician), and in some other European languages (Dutch, French, German, modern Greek, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish).

(A) REFERENCE LANGUAGE: English (Coord.: Dr. Marín)

Marta Carretero (UCM), Juana I. Marín Arrese (UCM), Mª Victoria Martín de la Rosa (UCM) and Aurelija Usoniene (Vilnius University)
External members: Elena Domínguez (UCM), Jorge Arús (UCM), Juan Rafael Zamorano (UCM).

(B) LANGUAGES OF SPAIN: (Coord.: Dr. Marín)

Basque: Karlos Cid Abasolo (UCM)
Catalan: Jorge Fernández Jaén (Universidad de Alicante)
Galician: Mercedes González Vázquez (Universidad de Vigo)
Spanish: Bert Cornillie (Leuven University)

Dutch: Tanja Mortelmans (Antwerp University)
French: Paola Pietrandrea (Università di Roma Tre)
German: Tanja Mortelmans (Antwerp University)
Greek: Katerina Stathi (University of Hanover)
Italian: Paola Pietrandrea (Università di Roma Tre)
Lithuanian: Aurelija Usoniene (Vilnius University) and Björn Wiemer (Universität Mainz)
Polish: Björn Wiemer (Universität Mainz)