Modality in Underdescribed Languages: Methods and Insights

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2022

Modality in Underdescribed Languages

Methods and Insights

Edited by: Jozina Vander Klok , Núbia Ferreira Rech and Simone Guesser

Volume 357 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110721478

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About this book

Current semantic fieldwork research has shown that the study of modality cannot be conducted via translation alone, yet much of what we know about modal expressions across the world’s language is still translation-based. This book aims to facilitate the study of modality across more diverse languages and a wider participant base by explaining and illustrating a nuanced set of methods, including storyboards, questionnaires, corpora research, experimental tasks, as well as a discussion of practical semantic fieldwork techniques. The methodological protocols tested and employed by the authors on underdescribed languages - spanning seven different language families - are intended to be applicable as cross-linguistic tools, while also indicating the successes and challenges of their contributions. Expanding the study of modality to a wider set of underdescribed languages will undoubtedly bring new insights into our theoretical understanding of modality and deepen our understanding of a cross-linguistic typology of modal expressions.

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Jozina Vander Klok, Oslo, Norway; Núbia Saraiva Ferreira Rech, Florianópolis, Brasilia; Simone Guesser, Roraima, Brasilia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction to Modality in underdescribed languages: Methods and insights Jozina Vander Klok, Núbia Ferreira Rech and Simone Guesser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Contributions of different methods for studying modality
1 Fieldwork techniques in semantics Luiz Fernando Ferreira and Ana Müller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
2 Studying modality through targeted construction storyboards Zahra Kolagar and Jozina Vander Klok Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
3 Discourse contexts targeting modality in fieldwork: A revised modal questionnaire Jozina Vander Klok Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
4 Using corpora to investigate modal-temporal interactions Daniel Reisinger, Lisa Matthewson and Hotze Rullmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
5 Adapting acquisition methodologies to study modality in underdescribed languages Ailís Cournane and Valentine Hacquard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Part II: Lessons from case studies on underdescribed languages
6 On applying semantic fieldwork elicitation techniques to describe modality in Ye’kwana Isabella Coutinho Costa and Ana Lúcia Pessotto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
7 Modality in elicited data and spontaneous texts: A case study of Atayal Sihwei Chen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
8 Lessons from the field: Irrealis mood in Lung’Ie Ana Lívia Agostinho and Núbia Ferreira Rech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
9 Analyzing ʔayʔaǰuθəm evidentials: Evidence for epistemic modality Marianne Huijsmans Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337
10 Parameters for the production of discourse contexts: Eliciting the semantics of obligations and desires in Mapudungun Pablo Fuentes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars and students interested in General Lingustics, Morphosyntax and Typologoy
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 423
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 7
- Coloured Illustrations: 56
- Tables: 29
- Coloured Tables: 2
Keywords: Modality; Linguistic Methodology; Fieldwork

eBook

Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110721478

Hardcover

Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110721287