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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957136603321

Autore

Haverkate Henk

Titolo

The syntax, semantics and pragmatics of Spanish mood / / Henk Haverkate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002

ISBN

9786612254543

9789027297389

902729738X

9781282254541

1282254545

9780585462578

0585462577

9789027251169

9027251169

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. v. 96

Classificazione

IM 5880

Disciplina

465

Soggetti

Spanish language - Modality

Spanish language - Verb

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A revised, extended and updated version of a study originally written in Dutch (Haverkate, 1989)"--Intro.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

The Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish Mood -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Modal categories of the Spanish verb -- Chapter 2: Functions of the modal categories of the Spanish verb -- Chapter 3: The modal structure of non-subordinate clauses -- Chapter 4: Que-sentences -- Chapter 5: The modal structure of subordinate clauses -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Corpus -- Subject index -- Proper-name index -- Lexicon -- Pragmatics and Beyond New Series.

Sommario/riassunto

This study provides a consistent description and explanation of the syntax, the semantics and the pragmatics of Spanish mood. A major focus of attention is the central role of the truthfunctional categories of



realis, potentialis and irrealis as parameters relevant to mood selection in both subordinate and non-subordinate clauses. Furthermore, a proposal is offered for a new typology of clause-embedding predicates. The framework chosen stems from the insight that complement-taking predicates share the property of providing information on the set of mental processes which characterize intentional human behavior. At the level of pragmatic analysis, mood selection is examined from a variety of angles. Thus, specific research is conducted within the framework of speech act theory, relevance theory, politeness theory and the theory of Gricean maxims.