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Author : Heather Marie Kosur
Release : 2011
Genre : English language
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Book Synopsis Structure and Meaning of Periphrastic Modal Verbs in Modern American English by : Heather Marie Kosur
Download or read book Structure and Meaning of Periphrastic Modal Verbs in Modern American English written by Heather Marie Kosur. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roberta Facchinetti
Release : 2012-02-13
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Modality in Contemporary English by : Roberta Facchinetti
Download or read book Modality in Contemporary English written by Roberta Facchinetti. This book was released on 2012-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides fresh impetus to more general linguistic issues such as grammaticalization, colloquialization, or the interplay between sociolinguistic and syntactic constraints. The articles fall into four sections: (a) the semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs; (b) the status of emerging modal items; (c) stylistic variation and change; (d) sociolinguistic variation and syntactic models. The book is of considerable value to students and teachers of English and Linguistics at undergraduate and graduate level worldwide.
Author : Paul Westney
Release : 2013-02-07
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 902/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Modals and Periphrastics in English by : Paul Westney
Download or read book Modals and Periphrastics in English written by Paul Westney. This book was released on 2013-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English has a number of periphrastic verbal forms that are semantically close to particular modal verbs and perform suppletive functions in relation to them (eg, have (got) to - must and be able to - can). After an exploration of the syntactic, semantic and phonological properties of potential periphrastic forms, this study investigates the nature of the relationship between the modals must, should, will and can and various semantically close periphrastics, using a spoken corpus of British English as the primary source of data. The focus is on the pragmatic interpretation of the items being compared, with some attention to their functions in discourse. These items are notoriously idiosyncratic both syntactically and semantically, but the general contrast claimed by some scholars between the maximally unmarked status of modals and the relatively marked status of periphrastics is amply confirmed, and this, together with the basic association of modality with alternative possible worlds, is shown to be reflected in a number of different ways, including the claimed 'objectivity' of periphrastics and the tendency of some to be associated with actuality. Level of formality is also found to be a significant, though not uniform, factor here.
Author : Maurizio Gotti
Release : 2002
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Book Synopsis Variation in Central Modals by : Maurizio Gotti
Download or read book Variation in Central Modals written by Maurizio Gotti. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the results of a research team of the University of Bergamo, whose aim was the analysis of verbal modality in the Helsinki corpus. This corpus includes a large selection of texts compiled in Middle English and Early Modern En
Author : Manfred G. Krug
Release : 2000
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis Emerging English Modals by : Manfred G. Krug
Download or read book Emerging English Modals written by Manfred G. Krug. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides a detailed account of the fundamental changes which have recently affected - and which are still affecting - the system of English auxiliaries.
