The Expression of Modality
Expression of Modality
1st Edition
Published on 22. August 2008
VII, 268 pages
978-3-11-019757-0 (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: new series textbook covers the essentials of modality
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"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 26/2007More details
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William Frawley, University of Delaware, USA.
Content
1 - Frontmatter [Seite 1]
2 - Contents [Seite 9]
3 - Modality: Overview and linguistic issues [Seite 11]
4 - Typological approaches to modality [Seite 37]
5 - Formal approaches to modality [Seite 81]
6 - Historical aspects of modality [Seite 117]
7 - Acquisition of modality [Seite 151]
8 - Modal expression in Valley Zapotec [Seite 183]
9 - Modality in American Sign Language [Seite 217]
10 - Topical outline [Seite 249]
11 - Backmatter [Seite 273]
2 - Contents [Seite 9]
3 - Modality: Overview and linguistic issues [Seite 11]
4 - Typological approaches to modality [Seite 37]
5 - Formal approaches to modality [Seite 81]
6 - Historical aspects of modality [Seite 117]
7 - Acquisition of modality [Seite 151]
8 - Modal expression in Valley Zapotec [Seite 183]
9 - Modality in American Sign Language [Seite 217]
10 - Topical outline [Seite 249]
11 - Backmatter [Seite 273]
