Author: F.R. Palmer Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317900928 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 233
Book Description
A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed.
Author: F.R. Palmer Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 131790091X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 229
Book Description
A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed.
Author: F. R. Palmer Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 9781138836228 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed.
Author: Roberta Facchinetti Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3110895331 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 412
Book 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.
Author: Juana I. Marín-Arrese Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3110286327 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 459
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The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lithuanian, Spanish). Given the complexity of the relations among modal and evidential expressions, their constant diachronic evolution, and the variation found in different English-speaking areas, and in different genres and discourse domains, the volume addresses the following issues: the conceptual nature of modality, the relationship between the domains of modality and evidentiality, the evolution and current status of the modal auxiliaries and other modal expressions, the relationship with neighbouring grammatical categories (tense, aspect, mood), and the variation in different discourse domains and genres, in modelling stance and discourse identities.
Author: Peter Collins Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9042029099 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 203
Book Description
Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related ‘quasi-modals’ in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation.
Author: Beke Hansen Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 900438152X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 437
Book Description
In Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, Beke Hansen analyses variation and change in the modal systems of three second-language varieties of English in Asia by taking a sociolinguistic approach to corpus data. Her study focuses on the modal and semi-modal verbs of strong obligation and necessity in Hong Kong English, Indian English, and Singapore English based on the relevant ICE component corpora. She adopts a typologically-informed perspective on variation in World Englishes by comparing the structures of the speakers’ first languages with the structures of the emergent varieties in the expression of epistemic modality. Beyond this, she analyses language change by constructing apparent-time scenarios to compensate for the lack of diachronic corpora in World Englishes.
Author: Frank Robert Palmer Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780521804790 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 262
Book Description
Palmer investigates the category of modality, drawing on a wealth of examples from a wide variety of languages.
Author: Bas Aarts Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 140517840X Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 826
Book Description
The Handbook of English Linguistics is a collection ofarticles written by leading specialists on all core areas ofEnglish linguistics that provides a state-of-the-art account ofresearch in the field. Brings together articles from the core areas of Englishlinguistics, including syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, aswell as variation, discourse, stylistics and usage Written by specialists from around the world Provides an introduction to a key area of English Linguisticsand includes a discussion of the most recent theoretical anddescriptive research, as well as extensive bibliographicreferences
Author: F.R. Palmer
Author: F.R. Palmer
Author: F. R. Palmer
Author: Roberta Facchinetti
Author: Juana I. Marín-Arrese
Author: Peter Collins
Author: Beke Hansen
Author: Frank Robert Palmer
Author: Frank Robert Palmer
Author: Bas Aarts