Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics Image close
Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics by Werner Abraham
Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics by Werner Abraham
Show Hide Adult Content
Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics close

Non-Fiction Books:

Home  
Books  
Non-Fiction  
Reference  
Literature  
Language & linguistics  
Historical & comparative linguistics

Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics

Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

By:

Format:

Paperback / softback
$87.99
Available from supplier

The item is brand new and in-stock with one of our preferred suppliers. The item will ship from a Mighty Ape warehouse within the timeframe shown.

Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
0 in Trolley

Buy Now, Pay Later with:

Afterpay is available on orders $100 to $2000 Learn more

Availability

Delivering to:

Estimated arrival:

  • Around 25 Jun - 5 Jul using International Courier

Explore more Cambridge Studies in Linguistics

See all products in this series

Quantity Adjustment on Hardback by Nikolaus Ritt
$198.99
Quantity Adjustment
by Nikolaus Ritt ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Syntactic Relations on Hardback by P.H. Matthews
$210.99
Syntactic Relations
by P.H. Matthews ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Categorial Features on Hardback by Phoevos Panagiotidis
$171.99
Categorial Features
by Phoevos Panagiotidis ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
On Explaining Language Change by LASS
$112.99
On Explaining Language Change
by LASS ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Heritage Languages and their Speakers by Maria Polinsky
$122.99
Heritage Languages and their Speakers
by Maria Polinsky ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Lexical Strata in English on Hardback by Heinz J. Giegerich
$294.99
Lexical Strata in English
by Heinz J. Giegerich ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Lexical Phonology and the History of English on Hardback by April McMahon
$293.99
Lexical Phonology and the History of English
by April McMahon ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Restrictiveness in Case Theory on Hardback by Henry Smith
$294.99
Restrictiveness in Case Theory
by Henry Smith ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope by Keren Rice
$125.99
Morpheme Order and Semantic Scope
by Keren Rice ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
English Auxiliaries by Anthony R. Warner
$113.99
English Auxiliaries
by Anthony R. Warner ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Conditionals and Prediction on Hardback by Barbara Dancygier
$312.99
Conditionals and Prediction
by Barbara Dancygier ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
A Notional Theory of Syntactic Categories by John M Anderson
$120.99
A Notional Theory of Syntactic Categories
by John M Anderson ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Morphology and Lexical Semantics on Hardback by Rochelle Lieber
$291.99
Morphology and Lexical Semantics
by Rochelle Lieber ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Morphosyntactic Change on Hardback by Bettelou Los
$183.99
Morphosyntactic Change
by Bettelou Los ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon on Hardback by Gillian Catriona Ramchand
$292.99
Verb Meaning and the Lexicon
by Gillian Catriona Ramchand ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
A Functional Approach to Child Language by Annette Karmiloff-Smith
$136.99
A Functional Approach to Child Language
by Annette Karmiloff-Smith ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Description

What do we mean when we say things like 'If only we knew what he was up to!' Clearly this is more than just a message, or a question to our addressee. We are expressing simultaneously that we don't know, and also that we wish to know. Several modes of encoding contribute to such modalities of expression: word order, subordinating subjunctions, sentences that are subordinated but nevertheless occur autonomously, and attitudinal discourse adverbs which, far beyond lexical adverbials of modality, allow the speaker and the listener to presuppose full agreement, partial agreement under presupposed conditions, or negotiation of common ground. This state of the art survey proposes a new model of modality, drawing on data from a variety of Germanic and Slavic languages to find out what is cross-linguistically universal about modality, and to argue that it is a constitutive part of human cognition.

Author Biography:

Werner Abraham is Professor Emeritus in Linguistics and Mediaeval Studies at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, Honorary Professor at the Universität Wien, and is still active at the Ludwig Maximilan University of Munich, Germany. He is author of more than 350 articles, 5 monographs, and 35 book collections.
Release date Australia
April 6th, 2023
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Pages
454
Dimensions
152x229x23
ISBN-13
9781107605503
Product ID
36337495

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Explore more by Werner Abraham

See all books by this author

Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics on Hardback by Werner Abraham
$297.99
Modality in Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics
by Werner Abraham ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Recommended for you

Recommended from your browsing history

Help & options

Filed under...

Books >
Non-Fiction >
Reference >
Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Historical & comparative linguistics
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Reference >
Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Semantics
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Reference >
Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure