The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty
(Book #56 in the Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series)
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In spite of the vast literature on modality in English, very little research has been done on modal adverbs as a group. While there are studies of individual adverbs, the semantic and pragmatic relations between them have been left largely unexplored. This book takes a close look at the whole field of modal certainty as expressed by adverbs in English. On the basis of corpus data the most frequent adverbs of certainty, including certainly, indeed,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3110196174
ISBN13:9783110196177
Release Date:November 2007
Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton
Length:405 Pages
Weight:1.54 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.1"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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