Modality in Japanese
The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
1st Edition
Published on 18. February 2009
XXII, 277 pages
978-90-272-8975-9 (ISBN)
Description
Hierarchical clause structure is an important feature of most theories of grammar. While it has been an indispensable part of formal syntactic theories, functional theories have more recently discovered for themselves a 'layered structure of the clause'. A major focus of the current discussion on semanto-syntactic clause structure is the hierarchical ordering of grammatical categories such as tense, aspect and modality. However, there are very few empirical studies yet to provide systematic evidence for presumably universal hierarchical structures. This book presents a systematic corpus-based study of the semantic and morphosyntactic interaction of modality with tense, aspect, negation, and modal markers embedded in subordinate clauses. The results are critically compared with extant theories of hierarchies of grammatical categories, including those in Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar, and the Cartography of Syntactic Structures. Also provided is an extensive description of the expression of modality and related categories in Modern Japanese.
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The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
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Content
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Morpheme boundary symbols
List of figures
List of tables
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. Modality and the layered structure of the clause
Chapter 2. A brief outline of modality
Chapter 3. Modality in Japanese linguistics
Chapter 4. The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
Chapter 5. Modality in theories of the layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
Chapter 6. Modality and the layered structure of the clause in Japanese linguistics
Chapter 7. Summary
Part II. The modal markers of Japanese: A short description
Chapter 8. Criteria for the description of modality
Chapter 9. Formal means of expression - an overview
Chapter 10. The modal categories
Part III. Categories on the periphery of modality
Chapter 11. Clausal moods
Chapter 12. Illocutionary modulation
Chapter 13. 'Modality of explanation'
Part IV. Modality and the hierarchy of functional categories: An empirical study
Chapter 14. Data and methods
Chapter 15. Modality embedding modality (double modality)
Chapter 16. Modality and tense, aspect, negation
Chapter 17. Modality and higher categories
Chapter 18. Modality embedded in adverbial clauses
Chapter 19. Conclusion
Part V. Collocations
Chapter 20. Collocations
References
Index
List of abbreviations
Morpheme boundary symbols
List of figures
List of tables
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. Modality and the layered structure of the clause
Chapter 2. A brief outline of modality
Chapter 3. Modality in Japanese linguistics
Chapter 4. The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
Chapter 5. Modality in theories of the layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories
Chapter 6. Modality and the layered structure of the clause in Japanese linguistics
Chapter 7. Summary
Part II. The modal markers of Japanese: A short description
Chapter 8. Criteria for the description of modality
Chapter 9. Formal means of expression - an overview
Chapter 10. The modal categories
Part III. Categories on the periphery of modality
Chapter 11. Clausal moods
Chapter 12. Illocutionary modulation
Chapter 13. 'Modality of explanation'
Part IV. Modality and the hierarchy of functional categories: An empirical study
Chapter 14. Data and methods
Chapter 15. Modality embedding modality (double modality)
Chapter 16. Modality and tense, aspect, negation
Chapter 17. Modality and higher categories
Chapter 18. Modality embedded in adverbial clauses
Chapter 19. Conclusion
Part V. Collocations
Chapter 20. Collocations
References
Index
