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Modality-aspect interfaces : implications and typological solutions /
As Abraham (1990, 1991, 2005) has pointed out, aspect plays a crucial role, when epistemic modals (em) emerge out of root modals (rm). The present paper shows that the different aspectual preferences of those items are reflected by the differences in the configuration of the modal's event struc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 79. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Modality-Aspect Interfaces; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1. The logical disposition about the aspect-modality link; 2. The cross-linguistic extension; 3. The typological aspect-modality inversion; 4. Results of the empirical discussions in the present volume; 4.1 General contingencies; 4.2 Illocutive category and aspect: Interrelations and pragmatic inferences; 4.3 Typologically solid confirmation: Synchronic references; 4.4 Typologically solid confirmation: Diachronic references.
- 4.5 Aspect-Modality Interface Generalization/AMIG III4.6 Potential counter examples to the AMIGs I-V; 5. Typological Aspect-Modality Interface Generalization/AMIG V; 6. Final view; References; General; On the logic of generalizations about cross-linguistic aspect-modality links; 1. The undisputed default relations between verb meaning and aspect assignment; 2. Aspects and tense forms: The logical connections in Russian; 3. Aspects and forms of modality: The general logical connections; References; The silent and aspect-driven patterns of deonticity and epistemicity.
- 4. In search of functional equivalents for the modals4.1 The non-equivalence of modal adverbs with epistemic modals; 4.2 On the functional equivalence of epistemic modals and evidentials: Conclusion; References; Primary sources; Secondary references; Propositional aspect and the development of modal inferences in English; 1. Introduction; 2. Definitions and terminology; 2.1 Generic modality; 2.2 Aspectual interactions with modality types; 2.3 Semantic roles and modality; 3. Generics and propositional aspect; 3.1 Generic aspect; 3.2 Propositional aspect.
- 3.3 Evidentiality and epistemic meanings4. Data under investigation; 5. Discussion; 5.1 Semantic explanations; 5.2 Quantitative justification; 6. Conclusions; References; Towards an understanding of the progressive form in English; 1. The aim and the scope of the study; 2. The terms; 3. The starting question; 4. The current explanations of the incompatibility; 5. Categorial status of the progressive: Traditional approach; 6. The discourse function of the progressive; 6.1 The progressive and future time reference; 6.2 The progressive aspect and present time reference.