Modals and Quasi-modals in English (Language and Computers: Studies in Practical Linguistics, 67)

Collins, Peter

ISBN 10: 9042025328 / ISBN 13: 9789042025325

Published by Brill Academic Pub, 2009

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Language & Computers 67. No DJ as issued. No dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Standard-sized.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Modals and Quasi-modals in English (Language and Computers: Studies in Practical Linguistics, 67)
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9042025328
• ISBN 13: 9789042025325
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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 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.

About the Author

Peter Collins is Associate Professor in Linguistics and Head of the Linguistics Department at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is a former editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics, and helped compile the first corpus of Australian English. He has published widely in corpus linguistics and descriptive grammar.