Preface -- I think â€? an English modal particle -- Dimensions of epistemicity in English, German, and Norwegian conditionals -- The modal particle schon: Its syntax, semantics, and pragmatics -- Negation and modality in the Germanic languages -- Expressive sentence types â€? a contradiction in terms. The case of exclamation -- Subjectification and the development of epistemic meaning: The case of promise and threaten -- On the use of brauchen versus mÃ?ssen -- Some central pragmatic functions of the Norwegian particles altsÃÆ and nemlig
