Modality in Grammar and Discourse

Bybee, Joan L. & Suzanne Fleischman

ISBN 10: 1556196407 / ISBN 13: 9781556196409

Edité par John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995

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Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1995. 1st edition, 1st printing. Viii + [590] pp. Excellent copy free of stickers, notations, markings. One corner bumped. ; Typological Studies In Language; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 598 pages. N° de réf. du vendeur 26647

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Titre : Modality in Grammar and Discourse

Éditeur : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Date d'édition : 1995

Reliure : Paperback

Etat : Fine

Edition : First Edition; First Printing.

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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.