LEADER 04729nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910461136603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-59682-1 010 $a9786613626653 010 $a3-11-219170-6 010 $a3-11-025294-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110252941 035 $a(CKB)2670000000170824 035 $a(EBL)887107 035 $a(OCoLC)784886926 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000638655 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11401922 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000638655 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10598297 035 $a(PQKB)10736172 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC887107 035 $a(DE-B1597)123366 035 $a(OCoLC)798941238 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110252941 035 $a(PPN)159701627 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL887107 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554735 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362665 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000170824 100 $a20110506d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModal adjectives$b[electronic resource] $eEnglish deontic and evaluative constructions in synchrony and diachrony /$fby An Van linden 210 $aBerlin ;$aBoston $cDe Gruyter Mouton$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 225 1 $aTopics in English linguistics,$x1434-3452 ;$v75 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-025293-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tTable of contents -- $tList of tables -- $tList of figures -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $tChapter 1. The notion of modality -- $tChapter 2. Adjectives in the modal-evaluative domain -- $tChapter 3. Data and methods of the diachronic analysis -- $tChapter 4. The semantic development of the adjectival matrix -- $tChapter 5. The diachrony of the clausal complement patterns -- $tChapter 6. The diachrony of the complex constructions: The development of propositional complements -- $tChapter 7. Data and methods of the synchronic synthesis and refinement -- $tChapter 8. Synchronic constructions: Refinements of the conceptual map -- $tChapter 9. Conclusion -- $tReferences -- $tAuthor index -- $tSubject index 330 $aThe book revisits the notion of deontic modality from the perspective of an understudied category in the modal domain, viz. adjectives. On the basis of synchronic and diachronic corpus studies, it analyses the semantics of English adjectives like essential and appropriate, and uses this to refine traditional definitions of deontic modality, which are mainly based on the study of modal verbs. In a first step, it is shown that the set of meanings expressed by extraposition constructions with deontic adjectives is quite different from the set of meanings identified in the literature on modal verbs. Adjectival complement constructions lack the directive meanings of obligation or permission, which are traditionally regarded as the core deontic categories, and they have semantic extensions towards non-modal meanings in the evaluative domain. In a second step, the analysis of adjectives is used to propose an alternative definition of deontic modality, which covers both the meanings of verbs and adjectives, and which can deal with the different extensions towards modal and non-modal categories. This is integrated into a conceptual map, which works both in diachrony, defining pathways of change from premodal to modal to evaluative meaning, and in synchrony, accommodating refinements within each set of meanings. In the process, this study points to the emergence of partially filled constructions, and it offers additional evidence for well-established changes in the history of English, such as the decline of the subjunctive and the rise of the to-infinitive in complement constructions. The book is of particular interest to researchers and graduate students with a focus on mood and modality, and the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as that between synchrony and diachrony. 410 0$aTopics in English linguistics ;$v75. 606 $aEnglish language$xModality 606 $aEnglish language$xAdjective 606 $aModality (Linguistics) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish language$xModality. 615 0$aEnglish language$xAdjective. 615 0$aModality (Linguistics) 676 $a425/.5 686 $aHF 303$2rvk 700 $aLinden$b An van$f1982-$0901327 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461136603321 996 $aModal adjectives$92451308 997 $aUNINA