Modality in English

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Modality in English

Author	: Raphael Salkie
File Size	: 50,5 Mb
Publisher	: Walter de Gruyter
Language	: English
Release Date	: 02 May 2024
ISBN	: 9783110196344
Pages	: 391 pages

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Modality in English by Raphael Salkie Book PDF Summary

Main description: This volume presents strongly empirical, corpus-based studies of a range of English modal auxiliaries and modal constructions in specific uses. It also approaches some of the classic issues in the field of modality from new perspectives, notably that of the 'Theory of Enunciative Operations' developed by the French linguist Antoine Culioli and his colleagues.

Modality in English by Raphael Salkie,Pierre Busuttil,Johan van der Auwera

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Adverbs and Modality in English by Leo Hoye

This new study on modality in English represents a departure from more traditional approaches to the subject, where the modal auxiliaries have been the usual focus of attention, by examining in detail the nature of their association with different categories of modal adverb. Modality is notoriously complex but the present

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Modality in Contemporary English by Roberta Facchinetti,Frank Palmer,Manfred Krug

This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides fresh impetus to more general linguistic issues such as grammaticalization, colloquialization, or the interplay between sociolinguistic and syntactic constraints. The articles fall into four sections: (a) the

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Modality and the English Modals by F.R. Palmer

A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed.

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Modality is a grammatical, or semantic-grammatical, category. It is an important component of human languages. This is at least the case in most European languages. To what extent is it a near-universal? This thesis is to contribute to the question. It focuses on modal verbs in English and Chinese, two

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The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lithuanian, Spanish). Given the complexity of the relations among modal and evidential expressions, their constant diachronic evolution, and the variation found in different English-speaking areas,

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The Handbook of English Linguistics by Bas Aarts,April McMahon

The Handbook of English Linguistics is a collection ofarticles written by leading specialists on all core areas ofEnglish linguistics that provides a state-of-the-art account ofresearch in the field. Brings together articles from the core areas of Englishlinguistics, including syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, aswell as variation, discourse, stylistics and usage Written

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Studies on English Modality by Frank Robert Palmer

Inspired by Frank Palmer's work, this book addresses a set of specific topics pertaining to the description of modality in English and places them in a broader context. A number of more general theoretical and typological matters are also raised, which bear upon the theory of syntax, semantics and pragmatics

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