Modality in Grammar and Discourse - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1556196407 ISBN 13: 9781556196409

Casa editrice: John Benjamins Pub Co, 1995

Riassunto

This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its manifestations in naturally occurring discourse. Though the individual contributions reflect a diversity of languages, of synchronic and diachronic foci, and of theoretical orientations — all within the broad domain of functional linguistics — they nonetheless converge around a number of key issues: the relationship between 'mood' and 'modality'; the delineation of modal categories and their nomenclature; the grounding of modality in interactive discourse; the elusive category 'irrealis'; and the relationship of modal notions and categories to other categories of grammar.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1556196407
• ISBN 13: 9781556196409
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 583
• Redattore: Bybee Joan L., Fleischman Suzanne
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile