04472nam 2200649 450 991078870720332120230617013638.03-11-089533-110.1515/9783110895339(CKB)3390000000034200(SSID)ssj0000849399(PQKBManifestationID)11459342(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000849399(PQKBWorkID)10810039(PQKB)11161744(MiAaPQ)EBC3049939(DE-B1597)56186(OCoLC)1013955535(OCoLC)840445156(DE-B1597)9783110895339(Au-PeEL)EBL3049939(CaPaEBR)ebr11035991(CaONFJC)MIL806720(OCoLC)607057561(EXLCZ)99339000000003420020030423d2003 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrModality in contemporary English /edited by Roberta Facchinetti, Manfred Krug, Frank PalmerBerlin ;New York :Mouton de Gruyter,2003.1 online resource (412 pages) illustrationsTopics in English linguistics ;44Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph3-11-017686-6 Includes bibliographical references. Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Modality in English: Theoretical, descriptive and typological issues / Palmer, Frank -- The semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs -- Irrealis, past time reference and modality / Larreya, Paul -- Modal auxiliary constructions, ΤΑΜ and interrogatives / Matthews, Richard -- A pragmatic analysis of the epistemic would construction in English / Ward, Gregory / Birner, Betty J. / Kaplan, Jeffrey P. -- Towards a contextual micro-analysis of the non-equivalence of might and could / Gresset, Stéphane -- The status of emerging modal items -- On two distinct uses of go as a conjoined marker of evaluative modality / Bourdin, Philippe -- Had better and might as well·. On the margins of modality? / Mitchell, Keith -- What you and I want: A functional approach to verb complementation of modal WANT TO / Verplaetse, Heidi -- Between epistemic modality and degree: The case of really / Paradis, Carita -- Stylistic variation and change -- Modality on the move: The English modal auxiliaries 1961-1992 / Leech, Geoffrey -- Changes in the modals and semi-modals of strong obligation and epistemic necessity in recent British English / Smith, Nicholas -- Shall and will in contemporary English: A comparison with past uses / Gotti, Maurizio -- Pragmatic and sociological constraints on the functions of may in contemporary British English / Facchinetti, Roberta -- Sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models -- The role of epistemic modality in women's talk / Coates, Jennifer -- Double modals in the southern United States: Syntactic structure or syntactic structures? / Nagle, Stephen J. -- Modal verbs in Tyneside English: Evidence for (socio)linguistic theory / Trousdale, Graeme -- Subject indexThis 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.Topics in English linguistics ;44.English languageModalityModality (Linguistics)English languageModality.Modality (Linguistics)425HF 177rvkFacchinetti Roberta1967-Krug Manfred G.1966-Palmer F. R(Frank Robert),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788707203321Modality in contemporary English1104302UNINA