Epistemic Modality, Language, and Conceptualization: A cognitive-pragmatic perspective - Couverture rigide

Nuyts, Jan

 
9789027223579: Epistemic Modality, Language, and Conceptualization: A cognitive-pragmatic perspective
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ISBN 10 : 9027223572 ISBN 13 : 9789027223579
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2001

Synopsis

The relationship between language and conceptualization remains one of the major puzzles in language research. This monograph addresses this issue by means of an in depth corpus based and experimental investigation of the major types of expressions of epistemic modality in Dutch, German and English. By adopting a systematic functional orientation, the book explains a whole range of peculiarities of epistemic expression forms (synchronically and diachronically), and it offers a clear perspective on which cognitive systems are needed to get from the concept of epistemic modality to its linguistic expression. On that basis the author postulates a sophisticated, layered view of human conceptualization. This book is of interest both to scholars working on modality and related semantic dimensions, and to the interdisciplinary field of researchers concerned with the cognitive systems involved in language use.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The relationship between language and conceptualization remains one of the major puzzles in language research. This monograph addresses this issue by means of an in depth corpus based and experimental investigation of the major types of expressions of epistemic modality in Dutch, German and English. By adopting a systematic functional orientation, the book explains a whole range of peculiarities of epistemic expression forms (synchronically and diachronically), and it offers a clear perspective on which cognitive systems are needed to get from the concept of epistemic modality to its linguistic expression. On that basis the author postulates a sophisticated, layered view of human conceptualization. This book is of interest both to scholars working on modality and related semantic dimensions, and to the interdisciplinary field of researchers concerned with the cognitive systems involved in language use.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027223572
ISBN 13 
9789027223579
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
448
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  155619983X ISBN 13 :  9781556199837
Editeur : John Benjamins Pub Co, 2001
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