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A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Japanese imperatives / / Hidemitsu Takahashi
| A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Japanese imperatives / / Hidemitsu Takahashi |
| Autore | Takahashi Hidemitsu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Imperative
English language - Syntax English language - Grammar, Comparative - Japanese Japanese language - Grammar, Comparative - English |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49755-6
9786613592781 90-272-7476-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Aim and scope of the book; 1.2 Theoretical framework; 1.3 Data; 1.4 The structure of the book; 1.5 Key concepts; 1.5.1 Schema of the English imperative; 1.5.2 Prototype of the English imperative; 1.5.3 Force Exertion (outline); 1.5.4 Force Exertion (specific applications); 1.5.5 Second Person Subject; 1.5.6 Compatibility between constructions
Chapter 2. Observing English imperatives in action 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What are the most frequent verbs in English imperatives?; 2.3 Four most frequent verbs and their usage patterns; 2.3.2 tell; 2.3.3 let; 2.3.4 look; 2.4 Four other frequent verbs; 2.4.1 come and go; 2.4.2 give and take; 2.5 Overt negation; 2.6 Common accompaniments of the English imperative; 2.7 Summary; Notes; Chapter 3. The meaning of the English imperative; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Previous research; 3.2.1 Anti-force account; 3.2.2 Illocutionary force account 3.2.3 Cognitive Grammar accounts of indirect directive speech acts 3.3 Inadequacies of previous analyses; 3.4 Schema of the English imperative; 3.5 Prototype of the English imperative; 3.5.1 Force Exertion; 3.5.2 Specific applications; 3.5.3 Second Person Subject; 3.6 Summary; Notes; Chapter 4. Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 and the choice between imperatives and i; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2; 4.2.1 Preference for first person objects; 4.2.2 The systematic appearance of overt negation with a specific class of verbs and adjectives 4.3 Choosing between plain imperatives and indirect directives 4.3.1 Previous claims; 4.3.2 Indirect directives in The Sky is Falling; 4.3.3 Plain imperatives in The Sky is Falling; 4.4 Summary; Notes; Chapter 5. Mixed imperative constructions: Passive, progressive, and perfective imperatives in English; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Constructions and compatibility between constructions; 5.3 Imperatives with passive verbs; 5.4 Imperatives with perfect verbs; 5.5 Imperatives with progressive verbs; 5.6 Summary; Notes; Chapter 6. Conditional imperatives in English; 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Previous findings and proposals 6.2.1 Non-Relevance Theoretic accounts; 6.2.2 Relevance Theoretic account; 6.3 Problems with Relevance Theoretic and non-RT analyses; 6.4 And conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account; 6.4.1 The and conditional imperative as a distinct construction; 6.4.2 Left-subordinating and; 6.4.3 The imperative in the and conditional imperative is not allowed to exert maximally strong forc; 6.5 Or conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account; 6.5.1 Asymmetric or 6.5.2 The imperative in the or conditional imperative is not only prototypical but maximally strong |
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Takahashi Hidemitsu
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Japanese imperatives / / Hidemitsu Takahashi
| A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Japanese imperatives / / Hidemitsu Takahashi |
| Autore | Takahashi Hidemitsu |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Imperative
English language - Syntax English language - Grammar, Comparative - Japanese Japanese language - Grammar, Comparative - English |
| ISBN |
1-280-49755-6
9786613592781 90-272-7476-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Aim and scope of the book; 1.2 Theoretical framework; 1.3 Data; 1.4 The structure of the book; 1.5 Key concepts; 1.5.1 Schema of the English imperative; 1.5.2 Prototype of the English imperative; 1.5.3 Force Exertion (outline); 1.5.4 Force Exertion (specific applications); 1.5.5 Second Person Subject; 1.5.6 Compatibility between constructions
Chapter 2. Observing English imperatives in action 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What are the most frequent verbs in English imperatives?; 2.3 Four most frequent verbs and their usage patterns; 2.3.2 tell; 2.3.3 let; 2.3.4 look; 2.4 Four other frequent verbs; 2.4.1 come and go; 2.4.2 give and take; 2.5 Overt negation; 2.6 Common accompaniments of the English imperative; 2.7 Summary; Notes; Chapter 3. The meaning of the English imperative; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Previous research; 3.2.1 Anti-force account; 3.2.2 Illocutionary force account 3.2.3 Cognitive Grammar accounts of indirect directive speech acts 3.3 Inadequacies of previous analyses; 3.4 Schema of the English imperative; 3.5 Prototype of the English imperative; 3.5.1 Force Exertion; 3.5.2 Specific applications; 3.5.3 Second Person Subject; 3.6 Summary; Notes; Chapter 4. Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 and the choice between imperatives and i; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2; 4.2.1 Preference for first person objects; 4.2.2 The systematic appearance of overt negation with a specific class of verbs and adjectives 4.3 Choosing between plain imperatives and indirect directives 4.3.1 Previous claims; 4.3.2 Indirect directives in The Sky is Falling; 4.3.3 Plain imperatives in The Sky is Falling; 4.4 Summary; Notes; Chapter 5. Mixed imperative constructions: Passive, progressive, and perfective imperatives in English; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Constructions and compatibility between constructions; 5.3 Imperatives with passive verbs; 5.4 Imperatives with perfect verbs; 5.5 Imperatives with progressive verbs; 5.6 Summary; Notes; Chapter 6. Conditional imperatives in English; 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Previous findings and proposals 6.2.1 Non-Relevance Theoretic accounts; 6.2.2 Relevance Theoretic account; 6.3 Problems with Relevance Theoretic and non-RT analyses; 6.4 And conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account; 6.4.1 The and conditional imperative as a distinct construction; 6.4.2 Left-subordinating and; 6.4.3 The imperative in the and conditional imperative is not allowed to exert maximally strong forc; 6.5 Or conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account; 6.5.1 Asymmetric or 6.5.2 The imperative in the or conditional imperative is not only prototypical but maximally strong |
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Takahashi Hidemitsu
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Japanese imperatives / / Hidemitsu Takahashi
| A cognitive linguistic analysis of the English imperative [[electronic resource] ] : with special reference to Japanese imperatives / / Hidemitsu Takahashi |
| Autore | Takahashi Hidemitsu |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Imperative
English language - Syntax English language - Grammar, Comparative - Japanese Japanese language - Grammar, Comparative - English |
| ISBN |
1-280-49755-6
9786613592781 90-272-7476-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of the English Imperative; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1 Aim and scope of the book; 1.2 Theoretical framework; 1.3 Data; 1.4 The structure of the book; 1.5 Key concepts; 1.5.1 Schema of the English imperative; 1.5.2 Prototype of the English imperative; 1.5.3 Force Exertion (outline); 1.5.4 Force Exertion (specific applications); 1.5.5 Second Person Subject; 1.5.6 Compatibility between constructions
Chapter 2. Observing English imperatives in action 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What are the most frequent verbs in English imperatives?; 2.3 Four most frequent verbs and their usage patterns; 2.3.2 tell; 2.3.3 let; 2.3.4 look; 2.4 Four other frequent verbs; 2.4.1 come and go; 2.4.2 give and take; 2.5 Overt negation; 2.6 Common accompaniments of the English imperative; 2.7 Summary; Notes; Chapter 3. The meaning of the English imperative; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Previous research; 3.2.1 Anti-force account; 3.2.2 Illocutionary force account 3.2.3 Cognitive Grammar accounts of indirect directive speech acts 3.3 Inadequacies of previous analyses; 3.4 Schema of the English imperative; 3.5 Prototype of the English imperative; 3.5.1 Force Exertion; 3.5.2 Specific applications; 3.5.3 Second Person Subject; 3.6 Summary; Notes; Chapter 4. Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2 and the choice between imperatives and i; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Accounting for some of the findings in Chapter 2; 4.2.1 Preference for first person objects; 4.2.2 The systematic appearance of overt negation with a specific class of verbs and adjectives 4.3 Choosing between plain imperatives and indirect directives 4.3.1 Previous claims; 4.3.2 Indirect directives in The Sky is Falling; 4.3.3 Plain imperatives in The Sky is Falling; 4.4 Summary; Notes; Chapter 5. Mixed imperative constructions: Passive, progressive, and perfective imperatives in English; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Constructions and compatibility between constructions; 5.3 Imperatives with passive verbs; 5.4 Imperatives with perfect verbs; 5.5 Imperatives with progressive verbs; 5.6 Summary; Notes; Chapter 6. Conditional imperatives in English; 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Previous findings and proposals 6.2.1 Non-Relevance Theoretic accounts; 6.2.2 Relevance Theoretic account; 6.3 Problems with Relevance Theoretic and non-RT analyses; 6.4 And conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account; 6.4.1 The and conditional imperative as a distinct construction; 6.4.2 Left-subordinating and; 6.4.3 The imperative in the and conditional imperative is not allowed to exert maximally strong forc; 6.5 Or conditional imperatives: A Construction Grammar account; 6.5.1 Asymmetric or 6.5.2 The imperative in the or conditional imperative is not only prototypical but maximally strong |
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Takahashi Hidemitsu
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English modality : core, periphery and evidentiality / / edited by Juana I. Marín-Arrese [and three others]
| English modality : core, periphery and evidentiality / / edited by Juana I. Marín-Arrese [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Marín-ArreseJuana |
| Collana | Topics in English linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Modality
Modality (Linguistics) Evidentials (Linguistics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-028632-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Modals : striving for control / Ronald Langacker -- Contemporary change in modal usage in spoken British English : mapping the impact of "genre" / Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts -- Where have all the modals gone? : an essay on the declining frequency of core modal auxiliaries in recent standard English / Geoffrey Leech -- Had better, 'd better and better : diachronic and transatlantic variation / Johan van der Auwera, Dirk Noël and An van Linden -- Grammatical colloquialism and the English quasi-modals : a comparative study / Peter Collins -- Modal necessity and impersonality in English and Galician / Lucía Loureiro-Porto -- Modal uses of the English present progressive / Frank Brisard and Astrid De Wit -- On the generic argument for the modality of will / Debra Ziegeler -- Reality and related concepts : towards a semantic-pragmatic map of English adverbs / Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen -- A cross-linguistic look at the multifunctionality of the English verb seem / Aurelija Usoniené and Jolanta Šinkūnienė -- Annotating English adverbials for the categories of epistemic modality and evidentiality / Marta Carretero and Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla -- Modal verbs in news-related blogs : when the blogger counts / Roberta Facchinetti -- Modality and personal pronouns as indexical markers of stance : intersubjective positioning and construction of public identity in media interviews / Laura Hidalgo Downing and Begoñia Núñez Perucha -- Stancetaking and inter/subjectivity in the Iraq inquiry : Blair vs. Brown / Juana I. Marín-Arrese. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463835003321 |
| Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English modality : core, periphery and evidentiality / / edited by Juana I. Marín-Arrese [and three others]
| English modality : core, periphery and evidentiality / / edited by Juana I. Marín-Arrese [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Marín-ArreseJuana |
| Collana | Topics in English linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Modality
Modality (Linguistics) Evidentials (Linguistics) |
| ISBN | 3-11-028632-7 |
| Classificazione | HF 320 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Modals : striving for control / Ronald Langacker -- Contemporary change in modal usage in spoken British English : mapping the impact of "genre" / Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts -- Where have all the modals gone? : an essay on the declining frequency of core modal auxiliaries in recent standard English / Geoffrey Leech -- Had better, 'd better and better : diachronic and transatlantic variation / Johan van der Auwera, Dirk Noël and An van Linden -- Grammatical colloquialism and the English quasi-modals : a comparative study / Peter Collins -- Modal necessity and impersonality in English and Galician / Lucía Loureiro-Porto -- Modal uses of the English present progressive / Frank Brisard and Astrid De Wit -- On the generic argument for the modality of will / Debra Ziegeler -- Reality and related concepts : towards a semantic-pragmatic map of English adverbs / Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen -- A cross-linguistic look at the multifunctionality of the English verb seem / Aurelija Usoniené and Jolanta Šinkūnienė -- Annotating English adverbials for the categories of epistemic modality and evidentiality / Marta Carretero and Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla -- Modal verbs in news-related blogs : when the blogger counts / Roberta Facchinetti -- Modality and personal pronouns as indexical markers of stance : intersubjective positioning and construction of public identity in media interviews / Laura Hidalgo Downing and Begoñia Núñez Perucha -- Stancetaking and inter/subjectivity in the Iraq inquiry : Blair vs. Brown / Juana I. Marín-Arrese. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787603503321 |
| Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English modality : core, periphery and evidentiality / / edited by Juana I. Marín-Arrese [and three others]
| English modality : core, periphery and evidentiality / / edited by Juana I. Marín-Arrese [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (459 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Marín-ArreseJuana |
| Collana | Topics in English linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Modality
Modality (Linguistics) Evidentials (Linguistics) |
| ISBN | 3-11-028632-7 |
| Classificazione | HF 320 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Modals : striving for control / Ronald Langacker -- Contemporary change in modal usage in spoken British English : mapping the impact of "genre" / Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts -- Where have all the modals gone? : an essay on the declining frequency of core modal auxiliaries in recent standard English / Geoffrey Leech -- Had better, 'd better and better : diachronic and transatlantic variation / Johan van der Auwera, Dirk Noël and An van Linden -- Grammatical colloquialism and the English quasi-modals : a comparative study / Peter Collins -- Modal necessity and impersonality in English and Galician / Lucía Loureiro-Porto -- Modal uses of the English present progressive / Frank Brisard and Astrid De Wit -- On the generic argument for the modality of will / Debra Ziegeler -- Reality and related concepts : towards a semantic-pragmatic map of English adverbs / Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen -- A cross-linguistic look at the multifunctionality of the English verb seem / Aurelija Usoniené and Jolanta Šinkūnienė -- Annotating English adverbials for the categories of epistemic modality and evidentiality / Marta Carretero and Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla -- Modal verbs in news-related blogs : when the blogger counts / Roberta Facchinetti -- Modality and personal pronouns as indexical markers of stance : intersubjective positioning and construction of public identity in media interviews / Laura Hidalgo Downing and Begoñia Núñez Perucha -- Stancetaking and inter/subjectivity in the Iraq inquiry : Blair vs. Brown / Juana I. Marín-Arrese. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816471303321 |
| Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epistemic modality [[electronic resource] ] : functional properties and the Italian system / / Paola Pietrandrea
| Epistemic modality [[electronic resource] ] : functional properties and the Italian system / / Paola Pietrandrea |
| Autore | Pietrandrea Paola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Italian language - Modality
Italian language - Semantics Epistemics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-09240-9
9786613092403 90-272-8534-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465284003321 |
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Pietrandrea Paola
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epistemic modality : functional properties and the Italian system / / Paola Pietrandrea
| Epistemic modality : functional properties and the Italian system / / Paola Pietrandrea |
| Autore | Pietrandrea Paola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Italian language - Modality
Italian language - Semantics Epistemics |
| ISBN |
1-283-09240-9
9786613092403 90-272-8534-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791755803321 |
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Pietrandrea Paola
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Epistemic modality : functional properties and the Italian system / / Paola Pietrandrea
| Epistemic modality : functional properties and the Italian system / / Paola Pietrandrea |
| Autore | Pietrandrea Paola |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 425/.6 |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Italian language - Modality
Italian language - Semantics Epistemics |
| ISBN |
1-283-09240-9
9786613092403 90-272-8534-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824158903321 |
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Pietrandrea Paola
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Pub., , 2005 | ||
| 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
| 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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