Modality in English [[electronic resource] ] : theory and description / / edited by Raphael Salkie, Pierre Busuttil, Johan van der Auwera |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 425/.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SalkieRaphael
BusuttilPierre AuweraJohan van der |
Collana | Topics in English linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Modality
Modality (Linguistics) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-29651-5
9786612296512 3-11-021333-8 |
Classificazione | HD 135 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Towards a typology of modality in language -- 'Not-yet-factual at time t': a neglected modal concept -- Semantic ascent, deixis, intersubjectivity and modality -- Degrees of modality -- Another look at modals and subjectivity -- For a topological representation of the modal system of English -- Epistemic might in the interrogative -- MAY in concessive contexts -- When may means must: deontic modality in English statute construction -- Legal English and the 'modal revolution' -- Posteriority in expressions with must and have to: a case of interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics -- Using the adjectives surprised/surprising to express epistemic modality -- Commitment and subjectivity in the discourse of a judicial inquiry -- Hearsay adverbs and modality -- When Yes means No, and other hidden modalities -- Modality and the history of English adhortatives -- On the "great modal shift" sustained by come to VP -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455552203321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modality in English [[electronic resource] ] : theory and description / / edited by Raphael Salkie, Pierre Busuttil, Johan van der Auwera |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 425/.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SalkieRaphael
BusuttilPierre AuweraJohan van der |
Collana | Topics in English linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Modality
Modality (Linguistics) |
Soggetto non controllato |
English (language)
modality (linguistics) |
ISBN |
1-282-29651-5
9786612296512 3-11-021333-8 |
Classificazione | HD 135 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Towards a typology of modality in language -- 'Not-yet-factual at time t': a neglected modal concept -- Semantic ascent, deixis, intersubjectivity and modality -- Degrees of modality -- Another look at modals and subjectivity -- For a topological representation of the modal system of English -- Epistemic might in the interrogative -- MAY in concessive contexts -- When may means must: deontic modality in English statute construction -- Legal English and the 'modal revolution' -- Posteriority in expressions with must and have to: a case of interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics -- Using the adjectives surprised/surprising to express epistemic modality -- Commitment and subjectivity in the discourse of a judicial inquiry -- Hearsay adverbs and modality -- When Yes means No, and other hidden modalities -- Modality and the history of English adhortatives -- On the "great modal shift" sustained by come to VP -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778597503321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Modality in English : theory and description / / edited by Raphael Salkie, Pierre Busuttil, Johan van der Auwera |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina | 425/.6 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SalkieRaphael
BusuttilPierre AuweraJohan van der |
Collana | Topics in English linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
English language - Modality
Modality (Linguistics) |
ISBN |
1-282-29651-5
9786612296512 3-11-021333-8 |
Classificazione | HD 135 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Towards a typology of modality in language -- 'Not-yet-factual at time t': a neglected modal concept -- Semantic ascent, deixis, intersubjectivity and modality -- Degrees of modality -- Another look at modals and subjectivity -- For a topological representation of the modal system of English -- Epistemic might in the interrogative -- MAY in concessive contexts -- When may means must: deontic modality in English statute construction -- Legal English and the 'modal revolution' -- Posteriority in expressions with must and have to: a case of interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics -- Using the adjectives surprised/surprising to express epistemic modality -- Commitment and subjectivity in the discourse of a judicial inquiry -- Hearsay adverbs and modality -- When Yes means No, and other hidden modalities -- Modality and the history of English adhortatives -- On the "great modal shift" sustained by come to VP -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817659803321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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