Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics

ISBN-13: 9781107605503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Werner Abraham

Opis

A state-of-the-art survey exploring the linguistic questions of modality and mood. It will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in the fields of syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and the interfaces between them.

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.