Modals and quasi-modals in English / Peter Collins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collins, Peter, 1950-

Series:

Language and Computers 67.

Language and computers. Studies in practical linguistics ; no. 67

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.

English language.

English language--Modality.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related ‘quasi-modals’ in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation.

Contents:

Preliminary material / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Introduction / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Theoretical preliminaries / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Necessity and obligation / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Possibility, permission and ability / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Prediction and volition / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Conclusion / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Appendix / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

References / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English

Index / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.

ISBN:

9786612594564

9781282594562

1282594567

9789042029095

9042029099

9781441606563

1441606564

OCLC:

659500170

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789042029095 DOI