Modal Adjectives : English Deontic and Evaluative Constructions in Diachrony and Synchrony.

The book revisits the notion of deontic modality from the perspective of an understudied category in the modal domain, viz. adjectives. It analyses extraposition constructions with English adjectives like essential and appropriate, and uses this to refine traditional definitions of deontic modality....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Linden, An van, 1982-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.
Temas:
English language > Modality.
English language > Adjective.
Modality (Linguistics)
Modalité (Linguistique)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
English language > Adjective
English language > Modality
Adjektiv
Modalität > Linguistik
Englisch
Historical Linguistics.
Semantics.
Study of English.
Syntax.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The book revisits the notion of deontic modality from the perspective of an understudied category in the modal domain, viz. adjectives. It analyses extraposition constructions with English adjectives like essential and appropriate, and uses this to refine traditional definitions of deontic modality. Together with dynamic and evaluative meanings, this category is integrated into a conceptual map, for which diachronic and synchronic evidence is adduced.
Notas:8.3.1. SoA-related and speaker-related deontic uses.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (384 pages)
ISBN:9783110252941
3110252945

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