UID:
almafu_9959240164702883
Format:
1 online resource (280 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-19395-3
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9786612193958
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3-11-916472-0
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3-11-019757-X
Series Statement:
The expression of cognitive categories ; 1
Content:
This book covers the essentials of modality and offers both foundational ideas and cutting edge advances. The book consists of what are essentially tutorials on modality and modal notions, covering definitions of modality, morphosyntactic form, conceptual and logical semantics, historical development, and acquisition. There are also specific chapters on modality in Zapotec and American Sign Language, which show the range of forms that modal notions can take. To assist its tutorial function, the book closes with a comprehensive conceptual outline of all the chapters.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Modality: overview and linguistic issues / Jan Nuyts -- Formal approaches to modality / Cleo Condoravdi -- Typological approaches to modality / Ferdinand de Haan -- Historical aspects of modality / Elizabeth Traugott -- Acquisition of modality / Soonja Choi -- Modality in zapotec / Pamela Munro -- Modality in sign language / Sherman Wilcox & Barbara Shaffer -- New directions / William Frawley.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-018435-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
DOI:
10.1515/9783110197570
