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English Modality: Core, Periphery and Evidentiality

English Modality: Core, Periphery and Evidentiality

Hardcover

Series: Topics in English Linguistics, Book 81

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ISBN10: 3110286211
ISBN13: 9783110286212
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Dec 12 2013
Pages: 458
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lithuanian, Spanish). Given the complexity of the relations among modal and evidential expressions, their constant diachronic evolution, and the variation found in different English-speaking areas, and in different genres and discourse domains, the volume addresses the following issues: the conceptual nature of modality, the relationship between the domains of modality and evidentiality, the evolution and current status of the modal auxiliaries and other modal expressions, the relationship with neighbouring grammatical categories (tense, aspect, mood), and the variation in different discourse domains and genres, in modelling stance and discourse identities.

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