Modality in Grammar and Discourse

Bybee, Joan L. & Suzanne Fleischman

ISBN 10: 1556196393 / ISBN 13: 9781556196393

Edité par John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1995

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Name on front free endpaper, very lightly rounded corners, otherwise text clean and solid; no dust jacket; Typological Studies in Language; Vol. 32; 1.5 x 9.25 x 6.5 Inches; 575 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 198510

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Titre : Modality in Grammar and Discourse

Éditeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co

Date d'édition : 1995

Reliure : Hardcover

Etat : Very Good

Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket As Issued

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This volume brings together a collection of 18 papers that look into the expression of modality in the grammars of natural languages, with an emphasis on its manifestations in naturally occurring discourse. Though the individual contributions reflect a diversity of languages, of synchronic and diachronic foci, and of theoretical orientations — all within the broad domain of functional linguistics — they nonetheless converge around a number of key issues: the relationship between 'mood' and 'modality'; the delineation of modal categories and their nomenclature; the grounding of modality in interactive discourse; the elusive category 'irrealis'; and the relationship of modal notions and categories to other categories of grammar.