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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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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 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 | ||
| ||
Modality in English : theory and description / / edited by Raphael Salkie, Pierre Busuttil, Johan van der Auwera
| 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
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-9910817659803321 |
| Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||