Mood and Modality

Klappentext Palmer investigates the category of modality, drawing on a wealth of examples from a wide variety of languages. Zusammenfassung Since the publication of F. R. Palmer's first edition of Mood and Modality in 1986! when the topic of 'modality' was fairly unfamiliar! there has been considerable interest in the subject. In this book! Palmer investigates the category of modality! drawing on a wealth of examples from a wide variety of languages. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Note on the text; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Modal systems: propositional modality; 3. Modal systems: event modality; 4. Modal systems and modal verbs; 5. Indicative and subjunctive; 6. Realis and Irrealis; 7. Subjunctive and irrealis; 8. Past tense as modal; References; Language index; General index.

Product details

• Authors: Palmer F. R., F. R. Palmer, F. R. (University of Reading) Palmer, F.r. Palmer, Frank Robert Palmer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.2001
• EAN: 9780521800358
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80035-8
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics