The syntax, semantics and pragmatics of Spanish mood / Henk Haverkate.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haverkate, Henk.

Series:

Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 96.

Pragmatics & beyond, 0922-842X ; new ser. v. 96

Standardized Title:

Modale vormen van het Spaanse werkwoord. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Modality.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Verb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (235 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This study provides a consistent description and explanation of the syntax, the semantics and the pragmatics of Spanish mood. A major focus of attention is the central role of the truthfunctional categories of realis, potentialis and irrealis as parameters relevant to mood selection in both subordinate and non-subordinate clauses. Furthermore, a proposal is offered for a new typology of clause-embedding predicates. The framework chosen stems from the insight that complement-taking predicates share the property of providing information on the set of mental processes which characterize intentional human behavior. At the level of pragmatic analysis, mood selection is examined from a variety of angles. Thus, specific research is conducted within the framework of speech act theory, relevance theory, politeness theory and the theory of Gricean maxims.

Contents:

The Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics of Spanish Mood

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Modal categories of the Spanish verb

Chapter 2: Functions of the modal categories of the Spanish verb

Chapter 3: The modal structure of non-subordinate clauses

Chapter 4: Que-sentences

Chapter 5: The modal structure of subordinate clauses

Chapter 6: Conclusion

Notes

References

Corpus

Subject index

Proper-name index

Lexicon

Pragmatics and Beyond New Series.

Notes:

"A revised, extended and updated version of a study originally written in Dutch (Haverkate, 1989)"--Intro.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612254543

9789027297389

902729738X

9781282254541

1282254545

9780585462578

0585462577

9789027251169

9027251169

OCLC:

70742384