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Barba, Elena

 
9783843369947: Epistemic Modality in English and French: Linguistic Approach
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ISBN 10 : 3843369941 ISBN 13 : 9783843369947
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Epistemic modality is one of the three kinds of modality, which expresses a judgment about the truth of a proposition (whether it is possible, probable or necessarily true). The term ?epistemic? was borrowed from Greek and means ?knowledge, understanding?. This study may be helpful both for students who study English and French as foreign languages (to apply the grammatically correct ways of expressing epistemic modality ? modality of judgment) and researches that use scientific vocabulary for writing scientific papers (they will be probably interested in the sub-chapter describing impersonal constructions used in scientific prose mostly). The comparative study is performed on the basis of more than 500 examples that range from fiction, articles to scientific proceedings, aiming to present epistemic modality in nearly all styles. The work clearly shows that only the integral analysis of minimum two languages permits to make a unique and precise investigation of modality, this polisemantic, multidimensional, multi-functional - the most controversial phenomenon of English and French grammar.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Epistemic modality is one of the three kinds of modality, which expresses a judgment about the truth of a proposition (whether it is possible, probable or necessarily true). The term ?epistemic? was borrowed from Greek and means ?knowledge, understanding?. This study may be helpful both for students who study English and French as foreign languages (to apply the grammatically correct ways of expressing epistemic modality ? modality of judgment) and researches that use scientific vocabulary for writing scientific papers (they will be probably interested in the sub-chapter describing impersonal constructions used in scientific prose mostly). The comparative study is performed on the basis of more than 500 examples that range from fiction, articles to scientific proceedings, aiming to present epistemic modality in nearly all styles. The work clearly shows that only the integral analysis of minimum two languages permits to make a unique and precise investigation of modality, this polisemantic, multidimensional, multi-functional - the most controversial phenomenon of English and French grammar.

Biographie de l'auteur

Elena Barba was born on May,29th, 1982 in Moldova. She graduated Moldova State University in 2004 and holds BA in English Phylology, French being her second language of specialization. Elena's first job was a teacher of English. At present she works as an Acquisition Editor.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3843369941
ISBN 13 
9783843369947
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
104
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