LEADER 04977nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910782774703321 005 20230721004247.0 010 $a1-282-19463-1 010 $a9786612194634 010 $a3-11-019892-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110198928 035 $a(CKB)1000000000691522 035 $a(EBL)364730 035 $a(OCoLC)437233381 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243929 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11923122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243929 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183546 035 $a(PQKB)11777894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC364730 035 $a(DE-B1597)34639 035 $a(OCoLC)979599437 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110198928 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL364730 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10256542 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL219463 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000691522 100 $a20070822d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe semantic field of modal certainty$b[electronic resource] $ea corpus-based study of English adverbs /$fby Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen, Karin Aijmer 210 $aBerlin ;$aNew York $cMouton de Gruyter$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 225 1 $aTopics in English linguistics ;$v56 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-019617-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [371]-386) and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tTable of contents -- $tChapter 1. Aims, methodology and data -- $tChapter 2. Establishing meaning relations: Problems and solutions -- $tChapter 3. The linguistic categories of modality and evidentiality -- $tChapter 4. An integrated model for describing adverbs of certainty -- $tChapter 5. Classification of adverbs of certainty -- $tChapter 6. The epistemic certainty adverbs certainly, definitely, indeed: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic dimensions -- $tChapter 7. The epistemic certainty adverbs no doubt, surely: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic dimensions -- $tChapter 8. Evidential, expectation and speech act adverbs: Syntagmatic and paradigmatic dimensions -- $tChapter 9. Adverbs of certainty and the wider context: Text types and genres -- $tChapter 10. Semantic-pragmatic relations: Networks and maps -- $tChapter 11. Semantic-pragmatic relations: Parameters and features -- $tChapter 12. Conclusions -- $t Backmatter 330 $aIn spite of the vast literature on modality in English, very little research has been done on modal adverbs as a group. While there are studies of individual adverbs, the semantic and pragmatic relations between them have been left largely unexplored. This book takes a close look at the whole field of modal certainty as expressed by adverbs in English. On the basis of corpus data the most frequent adverbs of certainty, including certainly, indeed, and no doubt, are examined from the point of view of their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic characteristics. The corpus used is the International Corpus of English - Great Britain, supplemented by data from other present-day English corpora, and questionnaires testing native speakers' intuitions on fine-grained similarities and differences between closely related adverbs. The methodology also includes the study of cross-linguistic equivalents as indicators of semantic-pragmatic relations between adverbs. Translation corpora yield correspondences in Swedish, Dutch, French and German. A detailed study of those correspondences adds useful information for setting up a semantic-pragmatic profile of each adverb, showing where their meanings overlap and where the boundaries are. The concept of semantic maps is relied on for plotting these relations. The book not only provides a thorough empirical study of English adverbs expressing certainty, it also contributes to a better theoretical understanding of the complexity of modal certainty, how it is related to speakers' goals and to other semantic areas. It is the first in-depth study of this kind, combining rich information on English as well as opening up perspectives for further empirical and theoretical research into modality. 410 0$aTopics in English linguistics ;$v56. 606 $aEnglish language$xAdverb 606 $aEnglish language$xModality 606 $aEnglish language$xSemantics 606 $aField theory (Linguistics) 610 $aEnglish /language. 610 $amodality. 610 $arhetorics. 615 0$aEnglish language$xAdverb. 615 0$aEnglish language$xModality. 615 0$aEnglish language$xSemantics. 615 0$aField theory (Linguistics) 676 $a425 700 $aSimon-Vandenbergen$b A. M$01484452 701 $aAijmer$b Karin$0467035 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782774703321 996 $aThe semantic field of modal certainty$93804044 997 $aUNINA