Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics

A state-of-the-art survey exploring the linguistic questions of modality and mood. It will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in the fields of syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and the interfaces between them.

List of contents

Part I. Modes of Modality: Introduction; 1. Pragmatics: modality and speaker orientation; 2. (Inter) subjectification and foreign consciousness alignment; 3. Modality as distance - from aspect to modality; Part II. Verbal Modality: 4. The syntax-semantic-pragmatic interface of modal verbs; 5. The perspectival specifics of verb modality in German; 6. The syntax of modal verbs in German, Dutch, and English; 7. Modal verb semantics; Part III. Adverbial Modality Distance: From Apect to Mpp: 8. Modal particles: the enigmatic category; 9. The attitudinal force of modal particles; 10. Modal particles between context, conversation, and convention; 11. Modal particles outside of finiteness; Part IV. Covert Modality: 12. Covert patterns of modality.

About the author

Werner Abraham is Professor Emeritus in Linguistics and Mediaeval Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, Honorary Professor at the Universität Wien, and is still active at the Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich, Germany. He is author of more than 350 articles, 5 monographs, and 35 book collections.

Summary

A state-of-the-art survey exploring the linguistic questions of modality and mood. It will appeal to researchers and advanced students working in the fields of syntax, semantics and pragmatics, and the interfaces between them.

Product details

• Authors: Werner Abraham, Werner (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Abraham, Abraham Werner
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781107021228
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02122-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Historical and comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc