
The Expression of Modality
Edited by William Frawley
William Frawley(Editor)
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
VII, 268 pages
978-3-11-018436-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers the essentials of modality and offers both foundational ideas and cutting edge advances. The book consists of what are essentially tutorials on modality and modal notions, covering definitions of modality, morphosyntactic form, conceptual and logical semantics, historical development, and acquisition. There are also specific chapters on modality in Zapotec and American Sign Language, which show the range of forms that modal notions can take. To assist its tutorial function, the book closes with a comprehensive conceptual outline of all the chapters.Key features:textbook covers the essentials of modality Well-known editor Cognitive categories are currently among the most important areas of research in linguistics and beyond (biology, psychology)
Reviews / Votes
"This attribute of EM, together with the quality of all the contributions, make the book a must for beginning researchers on modality, and highly recommendable for more experienced lecturers and researchers concerned with this aera."Marta Carretero in: Functions of Language 1/2008 "Der Herausgeber dieses Bandes hat in der neu konzipierten Reihe über den Ausdruck kognitiver Kategorien die Messlatte recht hoch gelegt."Ralf Klabunde in: Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 26/2007 "Eine schöne Übersicht zum Einstieg."Werner Abraham in: Germanistik 1-2/2007More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-11-018436-5 (9783110184365)
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Persons
William Frawley, University of Delaware, USA.