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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781906803321

Titolo

The Expression of Modality / / William Frawley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008]

©2006

ISBN

1-282-19395-3

9786612193958

3-11-916472-0

3-11-019757-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

The Expression of Cognitive Categories (ECC) ; ; 1

Classificazione

ET 470

Altri autori (Persone)

EschenroedeErin

MillsSarah

NguyenThao

Disciplina

415/.6

Soggetti

Modality (Linguistics)

Psycho-/Neurolinguistik

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Modality: Overview and linguistic issues -- Typological approaches to modality -- Formal approaches to modality -- Historical aspects of modality -- Acquisition of modality -- Modal expression in Valley Zapotec -- Modality in American Sign Language -- Topical outline -- Back matter

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers the essentials of modality and offers both foundational ideas and cutting edge advances. The book consists of what are essentially tutorials on modality and modal notions, covering definitions of modality, morphosyntactic form, conceptual and logical semantics, historical development, and acquisition. There are also specific chapters on modality in Zapotec and American Sign Language, which show the range of forms that modal notions can take. To assist its tutorial function, the book closes with a comprehensive conceptual outline of all the chapters.