Studies on English modality
Subtitle: in honour of Frank Palmer
By: Anastasios Tsangalidis & Roberta Facchinetti (eds).
Contributors: Tsangalidēs, Anastasios.; Facchinetti, Roberta, 1967-; Palmer, F.R.
Series: Linguistic insights -- v. 111
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783034303101
Subjects: English language -- Modality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Dedication; title: Frank Palmer's publications; title: Preface / Anastasios Tsangalidis, Roberta Facchinetti; title: Section I. The semantics-pragmatics interface: effective vs. epistemic stance, and subjectivity/intersubjectivity in political discourse: a case study / JUANA I. MARÍN-ARRESE; title: Subjectivity, (Non-)subjectivity and Intersubjectivity in English Modality / ROBERTA FACCHINETTI; title: On Controllability as a Contextual Variable / ANNA WÄRNSBY; title: Modality in Discourse: The Pragmatics of Epistemic Modality / LEO FRANCIS HOYE; title: The Use of Modal Verbs in Interpersonal Contexts: From Semantics to Pragmatics / MARTA DEGANI, ELISABETTA ADAMI, ANNA BELLADELLI; title: Section II. The Syntax-semantics Interface: Para/for-infinitives in Brazilian Portuguese and English: Similarities and Contrasts in the Grammatical Encoding of Modality / HELOISA MARIA MOREIRA LIMA-SALLES; title: What's So Unreal about the Past? Past Tense and Counterfactuals / LOTTE HOGEWEG; title: Modality of English Conditional Sentences: The Evidence from Ancient Greek / JO WILLMOTT; title: The Expression of Deduction Referring to Past Time within the Verbal Group: An English-Spanish Contrastive Analysis / JUAN RAFAEL ZAMORANO-MANSILLA, MARTA CARRETERO; title: Section III. Focus on Modal Verbs: On the Status of 'Epistemic' Must / FERDINAND DE HAAN; title: Some Observations on (Factual) Could + Perfect Infinitive / ILSE DEPRAETERE; title: Modal Verbs in Modern Greek and English: What's Conceptualization Got to Do with Typology? / EVANGELIA MANIKA; title: On the Role of Context in Interpreting Want as a Volitional or Deontic Verb / PHILIPPE BOURDIN; title: Movement Futures in English and Dutch: A Contrastive Analysis of Be Going To and Gaan / DANIËL VAN OLMEN, TANJA MORTELMANS; title: Notes on Contributors.