Possibility and necessity concepts and expressions of modality edited by Jean Albrespit, Bordeaux Montaigne University, Cultures et Littératures des Mondes Anglophones ; Christelle Lacassain, Sorbonne University, Centre de Linguistique en Sorbonne ; Tracey Simpson, University of Pau and the Pays de l'Adour, Arts/Langages: Transitions & Relations

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Albrespit, Jean, editor.

Lacassain-Lagoin, Christelle, editor.

Simpson, Tracey, editor.

Series:

Studies in language companion series 0165-7763 volume 237

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modality (Linguistics).

Genre:

Essays

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2025

Summary:

"Researchers in the fields of logic, philosophy and linguistics have for many years been pondering over the elusive nature of modality and grappled with ways of capturing it. This book provides a broad overview of issues relevant to the study of modality and reflects the diversity of theoretical frameworks and the heterogeneity of linguistic phenomena included under the general heading of modality, a concept which, in one of its most frequent definitions, corresponds to the fields of possibility and necessity. The key concepts dealt with are the structure of the semantic notion of modality and of modal subcategories, force dynamics, evidentiality, mirativity, modal auxiliaries and verbs, modal uses of verbs and constructions (hedged performatives, capacitive structures, conditional constructions) and modal polyfunctionality across languages. Articles deal with observations taken from a variety of languages, including Danish, English, French, Italian, Latin and Slovak. The wealth of data and the critical evaluation of existing analyses of modality will be of interest for researchers and post-graduates alike"-- Provided by publisher

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Other Format:

Print version Possibility and necessity

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ISBN:

9789027244581

9027244588

OCLC:

1548672977

Publisher Number:

CIPO000316244

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Restricted for use by site license