Modality
Subtitle: studies in form and function
By: edited by Alex Klinge and Henrik Heg Müller.
Contributors: Klinge, Alex.; Müller, Henrik Høeg.
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Modality (Linguistics)
Description: "Modality: Studies in Form and Function reflects the diversity of theoretical frameworks and the heterogeneity of linguistic phenomena under the general heading of modality. Researchers in the fields of logic, philosophy and linguistics have for many years been pondering the elusive nature of modality and grappled with ways of capturing it. The eleven studies included here cover the span from contributions that seek to clarify controversial theoretical constructs to studies which take an empirical approach to linguistic categories and cross-linguistic topological issues. The key concepts addressed are the structure of modal subcategories, subjective vs. objective modality, force dynamics, evidentiality, Spanish and English modal auxiliaries, modal uses of Italian tenses, linearisation patterns in German verb chains, determinant TAM categories, modal polyfunctionality across languages and rapport management in discourse."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The modal confusion / Jan Nuyts; title: Subjective and objective modality / Michael Herslund; title: Modality and the concept of force-dynamic potential / Kasper Boye; title: Modality and subjectivity / Lars Heltoft; title: Discourse perspectives on modalisation / Lars Fant; title: Categoricalness and temporal projection of spanish modals / Henrik Høeg Müller; title: On the modal values of the Italian pluperfect; title: with occasional reference to Danish and English / Iørn Korzen; title: Where there is a will, there is a modal / Alex Klinge; title: The syntagmatic and paradigmatic patterning of modality in modern German / John Ole Askedal; title: Mood and modality in Russian, Danish, and Bulgarian / Per Durst-Andersen; title: Modal polyfunctionality and standard average European / Johan van der Auwera, Andreas Ammann with Saskia Kindt.