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Epistemic modality, language, and conceptualization : a cognitive-pragmatic perspective /

The relationship between language and conceptualization remains one of the major puzzles in language research. This monograph addresses this issue by means of an in depth corpus based and experimental investigation of the major types of expressions of epistemic modality in Dutch, German and English....

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Nuyts, Jan
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001.
Collection:Human cognitive processing ; v. 5.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The relationship between language and conceptualization remains one of the major puzzles in language research. This monograph addresses this issue by means of an in depth corpus based and experimental investigation of the major types of expressions of epistemic modality in Dutch, German and English. By adopting a systematic functional orientation, the book explains a whole range of peculiarities of epistemic expression forms (synchronically and diachronically), and it offers a clear perspective on which cognitive systems are needed to get from the concept of epistemic modality to its linguisti.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-382) and indexes.
ISBN:0585461783
9780585461786
9027299366
9789027299369
9789027223579
9027223572
9781556199837
155619983X
1282254960
9781282254961
9786612254963
6612254963
ISSN:1387-6724 ;