Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics

ISBN-13: 9781107021228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 300 str.

Werner Abraham

Opis

An innovative survey that covers the linguistic questions of modality and mood, offering a new model for the phenomenon.

Recenzje

'… a coherent read.' Maria Amparo Soler, LINGUIST List

Spis treści

Part I. Modes of Modality: Introduction; 1. Pragmatics: modality and speaker orientation; 2. (Inter) subjectification and foreign consciousness alignment; 3. Modality as distance – from aspect to modality; Part II. Verbal Modality: 4. The syntax-semantic-pragmatic interface of modal verbs; 5. The perspectival specifics of verb modality in German; 6. The syntax of modal verbs in German, Dutch, and English; 7. Modal verb semantics; Part III. Adverbial Modality Distance: From Apect to Mpp: 8. Modal particles: the enigmatic category; 9. The attitudinal force of modal particles; 10. Modal particles between context, conversation, and convention; 11. Modal particles outside of finiteness; Part IV. Covert Modality: 12. Covert patterns of modality.