English Modality: Core, Periphery and Evidentiality

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2014

English Modality

Core, Periphery and Evidentiality

Edited by: Juana I. Marín-Arrese , Marta Carretero , Jorge Arús Hita and Johan van der Auwera

Volume 81 in the series Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110286328

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

J. van der Auwera, Universiteit Antwerpen; J. I. Marín-Arrese, M. Carretero and J. Arús, Universitat Complutense de Madrid.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part I: Core modality
Modals: Striving for control Ronald W. Langacker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Contemporary change in modal usage in spoken British English: mapping the impact of “genre” Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis and Bas Aarts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Where have all the modals gone? An essay on the declining frequency of core modal auxiliaries in recent standard English Geoffrey Leech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Part II: Peripheral modality
Had better, ’d better and better: Diachronic and transatlantic variation Johan van der Auwera, Dirk Noël and An Van linden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
Grammatical colloquialism and the English quasi-modals: a comparative study Peter Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Modal necessity and impersonality in English and Galician Lucía Loureiro-Porto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Modal uses of the English present progressive Frank Brisard and Astrid De Wit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
On the generic argument for the modality of will Debra Ziegeler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Part III: Evidentiality and Modality
REALITY and related concepts: towards a semantic-pragmatic map of English adverbs Anne-Marie Simon-Vandenbergen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
A cross-linguistic look at the multifunctionality of the English verb seem Aurelija Usonienė and Jolanta Šinkūnienė Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Annotating English adverbials for the categories of epistemic modality and evidentiality Marta Carretero and Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
Part IV: Evidentiality and Modality in Discourse
Modal verbs in news-related blogs: When the blogger counts Roberta Facchinetti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Modality and personal pronouns as indexical markers of stance: Intersubjective positioning and construction of public identity in media interviews Laura Hidalgo Downing and Begoña Núñez Perucha Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Stancetaking and inter/subjectivity in the Iraq Inquiry: Blair vs. Brown Juana I. Marín-Arrese Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	447

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researcher Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students of Linguistics from Descriptive to Cognitive Approaches.
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 449

eBook

Published: December 12, 2013
ISBN: 9783110286328

Hardcover

Published: December 12, 2013
ISBN: 9783110286212