Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective

by Heiko Narrog

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This book is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. Its approach is broadly functional typological but makes frequent reference to work in formal semantics by scholars such as Angelika Kratzer and Paul Portner. The author starts by considering what modality is and how it relates to and differs from subjectivity. He argues that modality cannot be defined in terms of subjectivity: both concepts are independent...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199694370

ISBN13:9780199694372

Release Date:September 2012

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:348 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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