Modality in Contemporary English
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Modality in Contemporary English

  1. 412 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Modality in Contemporary English

About this book

This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides fresh impetus to more general linguistic issues such as grammaticalization, colloquialization, or the interplay between sociolinguistic and syntactic constraints. The articles fall into four sections: (a) the semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs; (b) the status of emerging modal items; (c) stylistic variation and change; (d) sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models. The book is of considerable value to students and teachers of English and Linguistics at undergraduate and graduate level worldwide.

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Yes, you can access Modality in Contemporary English by Roberta Facchinetti, Frank Palmer, Manfred Krug, Roberta Facchinetti,Frank Palmer,Manfred Krug in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Languages. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9783110176865
eBook ISBN
9783110895339
Edition
1
Topic
Languages & Linguistics
Subtopic
Languages
Index
Languages & Linguistics

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. Modality in English: Theoretical, descriptive and typological issues
  4. The semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs
  5. Irrealis, past time reference and modality
  6. Modal auxiliary constructions, ΤΑΜ and interrogatives
  7. A pragmatic analysis of the epistemic would construction in English
  8. Towards a contextual micro-analysis of the nonequivalence of might and could
  9. The status of emerging modal items
  10. On two distinct uses of go as a conjoined marker of evaluative modality
  11. Had better and might as well·. On the margins of modality?
  12. What you and I want: A functional approach to verb complementation of modal WANT TO
  13. Between epistemic modality and degree: The case of really
  14. Modality on the move: The English modal auxiliaries 1961-1992
  15. Changes in the modals and semi-modals of strong obligation and epistemic necessity in recent British English
  16. Shall and will in contemporary English: A comparison with past uses
  17. Pragmatic and sociological constraints on the functions of may in contemporary British English
  18. Sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models
  19. The role of epistemic modality in women’s talk
  20. Double modals in the southern United States: Syntactic structure or syntactic structures?
  21. Modal verbs in Tyneside English: Evidence for (socio)linguistic theory
  22. Subject index