Epistemic modality : functional properties and the Italian system /

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This volume offers an original theoretical and methodological approach to the hotly debated issue of epistemic modality. The analysis is conducted in a rigorous typological frame developed after a careful consideration of a wealth of cross-linguistic data, and focuses on Italian, a language often di...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pietrandrea, Paola
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 74.
Subjects:
Italian language > Modality.
Italian language > Semantics.
Epistemics.
Italien (Langue) > Modalité.
Italien (Langue) > Sémantique.
Épistémique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Modaliteit.
Italiaans.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Epistemic Modality Functional properties and the Italian system; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; I. THE NOTIONAL CATEGORY OF EPISTEMIC MODALITY; II. A TYPOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF EPISTEMIC SYSTEMS; III. EPISTEMIC MODALITY IN ITALIAN; IV. SEMANTIC OPPOSITIONS; V.A TYPOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ITALIAN EPISTEMIC MODALITY; VI. INFLECTIONAL AND DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS. THE (LOW) PERFORMATIVITY OF ITALIAN EPISTEMIC MODALITY; VII. ASPECTUAL CONSTRAINTSON THE PROPOSITIONAL CONTENT.
  • VIII. THE INCOMPLETENESS OF THE PROPOSITIONAL CONTENTAND THE METAPROPOSITIONALITY OF EPISTEMIC MODALITYIX. A DIACHRONIC HYPOTHESIS; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUBJECT INDEX; The series Studies in Language Companion Series.

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