Modality in contemporary English

Author(s)

• Facchinetti, Roberta
• Krug, Manfred G.
• Palmer, F. R. (Frank Robert)

Bibliographic Information

Modality in contemporary English

edited by Roberta Facchinetti, Manfred Krug, Frank Palmer

（Topics in English linguistics / editor, Herman Wekker, 44）

Mouton de Gruyter, 2003

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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.

Table of Contents

Preface Roberta Facchinetti, Manfred Krug, Frank Palmer Modality in English: theoretical, descriptive and typological issues Frank Palmer The semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs Irrealis, past time reference and modality Paul Larreya Modal auxiliary constructions, TAM and interrogatives Richard Matthews A pragmatic analysis of the epistemic would construction in English Gregory Ward, Betty J. Birner, Jeffrey P. Kaplan Towards a contextual micro-analysis of the non-equivalence of might and could Stephane Gresset The status of emerging modal items On two distinct uses of go as a conjoined marker of evaluative modality Philippe Bourdin Had better and might as well: on the margins of modality? Keith Mitchell What you and I want: A functional approach to verb complementation of modal want to Heidi Verplaetse Between epistemic modality and degree: the case of really Carita Paradis Stylistic variation and change Modality on the move: the English modal auxiliaries 1961-1992 Geoffrey Leech

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Details

• NCID: BA62897260
• ISBN:
  • 3110176866
• LCCN: 2003051367
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: xvi, 396 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Modality
  • LCSH : Modality (Linguistics)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12093727