Epistemic modality, language, and conceptualization : a cognitive-pragmatic perspective / Jan Nuyts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nuyts, Jan.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 5.

Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modality (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xix, 428 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The relationship between language and conceptualization remains one of the major puzzles in language research. This monograph addresses this issue by means of an in depth corpus based and experimental investigation of the major types of expressions of epistemic modality in Dutch, German and English. By adopting a systematic functional orientation, the book explains a whole range of peculiarities of epistemic expression forms (synchronically and diachronically), and it offers a clear perspective on which cognitive systems are needed to get from the concept of epistemic modality to its linguistic expression. On that basis the author postulates a sophisticated, layered view of human conceptualization. This book is of interest both to scholars working on modality and related semantic dimensions, and to the interdisciplinary field of researchers concerned with the cognitive systems involved in language use.

Contents:

Epistemic Modality,Language,and Conceptualization

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Dedication

Table of contents

Transcription conventions

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Preliminaries

Chapter 2. Modal adverbs and adjectives

Chapter 3. Mental state predicates

Chapter 4. Modal auxiliaries

Chapter 5. Information structure: An experiment

Chapter 6. The cognitive structure of epistemic modality

Conclusion

References

Appendix

Subject index

Name index

Word Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-382) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612254963

9781282254961

1282254960

9780585461786

0585461783

9789027299369

9027299366

OCLC:

179118880