Modal Expressions in EnglishThis work, which is both theoretical and descriptive, covers the entire range of modal expressions in English. It is organized so that the more general issues are dealt with first, followed by a more detailed analysis of the semantics of modal expressions. It is then supplemented by an assessment of how such an analysis is relevant to pragmatic and developmental perspectives on the expression of modality. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Modal Auxiliary Verbs | 25 |
QuasiAuxiliary Modal Expressions | 59 |
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ABLE addressee adjectival alethic modality analysis appear argued assertion cent at age Chapter clause clearly complement conditional context of utterance core meaning deontic modality deontic source directive discussion distinction dynamic modality empirical circumstances English modal epistemic modality equivalent event evidence example expres express modality expression of modality fact factive formally explicit four-minute mile framework frequently function gerundive HAVE(GOT)TO IF-clauses illocutionary force infinitival interpretation K(C entails K(C is disposed laws linguistic devices Lyons modal adverbs modal auxiliary verbs modal expressions modal lexical verbs modality in English morpheme natural laws/C negated negative non-factivity noted notion occur Palmer permission person politeness polysemy Polytechnic of Wales pragmatic preclude predict proposed proposition rational laws/C referred regarded relationship represented as K(C restricted secondary modals seen semantic sentence sions social laws/C speaker specific subcategory suggests suppletive syntactic tag questions tense form THAT-complement TO/THAT truth Wales Language whereas