LEADER 04128nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910455552203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-29651-5 010 $a9786612296512 010 $a3-11-021333-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110213331 035 $a(CKB)1000000000789607 035 $a(EBL)453984 035 $a(OCoLC)500808549 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000340477 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11247537 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340477 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10388292 035 $a(PQKB)10842616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC453984 035 $a(DE-B1597)35833 035 $a(OCoLC)719448743 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110213331 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL453984 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329876 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL229651 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000789607 100 $a20090506d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aModality in English$b[electronic resource] $etheory and description /$fedited by Raphael Salkie, Pierre Busuttil, Johan van der Auwera 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 225 1 $aTopics in English linguistics,$x1434-3452 ;$v58 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-019634-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $tTowards a typology of modality in language -- $t'Not-yet-factual at time t': a neglected modal concept -- $tSemantic ascent, deixis, intersubjectivity and modality -- $tDegrees of modality -- $tAnother look at modals and subjectivity -- $tFor a topological representation of the modal system of English -- $tEpistemic might in the interrogative -- $tMAY in concessive contexts -- $tWhen may means must: deontic modality in English statute construction -- $tLegal English and the 'modal revolution' -- $tPosteriority in expressions with must and have to: a case of interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics -- $tUsing the adjectives surprised/surprising to express epistemic modality -- $tCommitment and subjectivity in the discourse of a judicial inquiry -- $tHearsay adverbs and modality -- $tWhen Yes means No, and other hidden modalities -- $tModality and the history of English adhortatives -- $tOn the "great modal shift" sustained by come to VP -- $t Backmatter 330 $aThis volume presents two kinds of studies on English modality. On the one hand, there are strongly empirical, corpus-based studies of individual uses of English modal auxiliaries and modal constructions, such as may in interrogatives, might in concessive clauses, shall and may vs must in legal English, the use of surprised if and surprising if constructions, the use and history of adhortative constructions, or the modal-aspectual use of come to in I came to realize that X. The book also contains work that presents new views on some of the classical issues, like the relations between modality and time, modality and commitment, modals and (inter)subjectivity. A special place is given to work that approaches the English modals from the perspective of the 'Theory of Enunciative Operations' developed by the French linguist Antoine Culioli and his colleagues. Thus the book provides new perspectives and answers on basic questions about modality, in general, and its expression in English, in particular. 410 0$aTopics in English linguistics ;$v58. 606 $aEnglish language$xModality 606 $aModality (Linguistics) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xModality. 615 0$aModality (Linguistics) 676 $a425/.6 686 $aHD 135$2rvk 701 $aSalkie$b Raphael$0917566 701 $aBusuttil$b Pierre$01026577 701 $aAuwera$b Johan van der$0310993 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455552203321 996 $aModality in English$92441546 997 $aUNINA