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ISBN
9789042025325
Publisert
2009-01-01
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Editions Rodopi B.V.
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468 gr
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230 mm
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155 mm
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P, 06
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Engelsk
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Peter Collins is Associate Professor in Linguistics and Head of the Linguistics Department at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He is a former editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics, and helped compile the first corpus of Australian English. He has published widely in corpus linguistics and descriptive grammar.
Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related ‘quasi-modals’ in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation.
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Preface
Introduction
Theoretical preliminaries
Necessity and obligation
Possibility, permission and ability
Prediction and volition
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index
”This book is an excellent and timely quantitative study, and a solid starting point for further research” in: English Language and Linguistics, Vol. 17/1 (2013)
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789042025325
Publisert
2009-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Editions Rodopi B.V.
Vekt
468 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Forfatter