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An Van Linden Modal Adjectives (Hardback) Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]

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Item Width: 6.1 in Subtitle: English Deontic and Evaluative Constructions in Diachrony and Syn Number of Pages: 383 Pages Publication Name: Modal Adjectives : English Deontic and Evaluative Constructions in Diachrony and Synchrony Release Date: 02/16/2012 ISBN: 9783110252934 Type: Textbook Author: An Van Linden Format: Hardcover Genre: Language & Reference Item Length: 9.1 in Book Title: Modal Adjectives Language: English Item Height: 230mm Subject: Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Semantics, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General Release Year: 2012 Item Weight: 24.4 Oz Country of Origin: DE Edition: 1st Publication Year: 2012 gtin13: 9783110252934 Series: Topics in English Linguistics [Tiel] Ser. ISBN-10: 3110252937 Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines Publisher: DE Gruyter, Inc. EAN: 9783110252934

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Further Details Title: Modal Adjectives Condition: New Subtitle: English Deontic and Evaluative Constructions in Diachrony and Synchrony Author: An Van Linden Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 3110252937 EAN: 9783110252934 ISBN: 9783110252934 Edition: 1st Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton Genre: Language & Reference Release Date: 02/16/2012 Description: The book revisits the notion of deontic modality from the perspective of an understudied category in the modal domain, viz. adjectives. On the basis of synchronic and diachronic corpus studies, it analyses the semantics of English adjectives like essential and appropriate , and uses this to refine traditional definitions of deontic modality, which are mainly based on the study of modal verbs. In a first step, it is shown that the set of meanings expressed by extraposition constructions with deontic adjectives is quite different from the set of meanings identified in the literature on modal verbs. Adjectival complement constructions lack the directive meanings of obligation or permission, which are traditionally regarded as the core deontic categories, and they have semantic extensions towards non-modal meanings in the evaluative domain. In a second step, the analysis of adjectives is used to propose an alternative definition of deontic modality, which covers both the meanings of verbs and adjectives, and which can deal with the different extensions towards modal and non-modal categories. This is integrated into a conceptual map, which works both in diachrony, defining pathways of change from premodal to modal to evaluative meaning, and in synchrony, accommodating refinements within each set of meanings. In the process, this study points to the emergence of partially filled constructions, and it offers additional evidence for well-established changes in the history of English, such as the decline of the subjunctive and the rise of the to -infinitive in complement constructions. The book is of particular interest to researchers and graduate students with a focus on mood and modality, and the interface between syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as that between synchrony and diachrony. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: DE Item Height: 230mm Item Length: 155mm Item Weight: 691g Series: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Type: Words, Language & Grammar Release Year: 2012 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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