Modality And The English Modals
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Author | : F.R. Palmer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1317900928 |
A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed.
Author | : Roberta Facchinetti |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2012-02-13 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110895331 |
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 semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs; (b) the status of emerging modal items; (c) stylistic variation and change; (d) sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models. The book is of considerable value to students and teachers of English and Linguistics at undergraduate and graduate level worldwide.
Author | : Frank Robert Palmer |
Publisher | : Longman Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
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Author | : Raphael Salkie |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 3110196344 |
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.
Author | : Taylor & Francis Group |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2020-06-21 |
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ISBN | : 9780367613587 |
Author | : Peter Collins |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2015-06-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9042029099 |
Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related ‘quasi-modals’ in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation.
Author | : Juana I. Marín-Arrese |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 459 |
Release | : 2013-12-12 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110286327 |
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, and in different genres and discourse domains, the volume addresses the following issues: the conceptual nature of modality, the relationship between the domains of modality and evidentiality, the evolution and current status of the modal auxiliaries and other modal expressions, the relationship with neighbouring grammatical categories (tense, aspect, mood), and the variation in different discourse domains and genres, in modelling stance and discourse identities.
Author | : Frank Robert Palmer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2001-04-16 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780521804790 |
Palmer investigates the category of modality, drawing on a wealth of examples from a wide variety of languages.
Author | : Remus Gergel |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2009-03-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110213362 |
Aspects of modality and ellipsis have become prominent in theoretical linguistics over the last years. What has remained under-investigated is the fact that modals tend to make excellent ellipsis licensers and, conversely, that many of the naturally occurring cases of ellipsis are licensed by modals. The book concentrates on the syntax of the modal auxiliaries with special focus on English and investigates the grammatical relationship with the process of ellipsis that interacts most relevantly with the modals in grammaticalized fashion by including a special emphasis on verb-phrase ellipsis. After a critical discussion of pertinent approaches in the two domains, the book focuses on establishing the connection between the two areas by essentially drawing on the history of English and on observable effects in modern grammars, which it puts into perspective with semantically grounded features on the modals involved. Two major generalizations are proposed in the monograph. The first generalization concerns the treatment of the interaction between modals and ellipsis as determined by the features located in the licensing modal heads. To this end, the syntactic effects of the main semantic factors are explored in detail in English and partial effects obtaining in other languages are discussed. The second generalization concerns the syntactic component involved in ellipsis licensing. It is suggested that ellipsis types with the distributional features of verb-phrase ellipsis are licensed by interpretable features of the licensing head. The two generalizations are intertwined with one another and derive a series of further legitimate ellipsis licensers beyond the modals. The role of formal features that are interpretable is distinguished from agreement features, which are claimed not to be in charge of ellipsis licensing.
Author | : Joan L. Bybee |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 1995-08-21 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027285721 |
This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its manifestations in naturally occurring discourse. Though the individual contributions reflect a diversity of languages, of synchronic and diachronic foci, and of theoretical orientations — all within the broad domain of functional linguistics — they nonetheless converge around a number of key issues: the relationship between 'mood' and 'modality'; the delineation of modal categories and their nomenclature; the grounding of modality in interactive discourse; the elusive category 'irrealis'; and the relationship of modal notions and categories to other categories of grammar.