The Expression of Modality - Softcover
This book covers the essentials of modality and offers both foundational ideas and cutting edge advances. The book consists of what are essentially tutorials on modality and modal notions, covering definitions of modality, morphosyntactic form, conceptual and logical semantics, historical development, and acquisition. There are also specific chapters on modality in Zapotec and American Sign Language, which show the range of forms that modal notions can take. To assist its tutorial function, the book closes with a comprehensive conceptual outline of all the chapters. Key features: new series textbook covers the essentials of modality
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Review:
"This attribute of EM, together with the quality of all the contributions, make the book a must for beginning researchers on modality, and highly recommendable for more experienced lecturers and researchers concerned with this aera."Marta Carretero in: Functions of Language 1/2008 "Der Herausgeber dieses Bandes hat in der neu konzipierten Reihe uber den Ausdruck kognitiver Kategorien die Messlatte recht hoch gelegt."Ralf Klabunde in: Zeitschrift fur Sprachwissenschaft 26/2007
About the Author:
William Frawley, University of Delaware, USA.
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- PublisherMouton de Gruyter
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 3119164720
- ISBN 13 9783119164726
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages268
- EditorFrawley William
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