Modality
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Modality
（Oxford surveys in semantics and pragmatics, 1）
Oxford University Press, 2009
- : hbk
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"Oxford linguistics" -- jacket
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-283) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a book about semantic theories of modality. Its main goal is to explain and evaluate important contemporary theories within linguistics and to discuss a wide range of linguistic phenomena from the perspective of these theories. The introduction describes the variety of grammatical phenomena associated with modality, explaining why modal verbs, adjectives, and adverbs represent the core phenomena. Chapters are then devoted to the possible worlds semantics for
modality developed in modal logic; current theories of modal semantics within linguistics; and the most important empirical areas of research. The author concludes by discussing the relation between modality and other topics, especially tense, aspect, mood, and discourse meaning.
Paul Portner's accessible guide to this key area of current research will be welcomed by students of linguistics at graduate level and above, as well as by researchers in philosophy, computational science, and related fields.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Modal Logic
- 3. Major Linguistic Theories of Modality
- 4. Sentential Modality
- 5. Modality and Other Intensional Categories
- Bibliography
- Index
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