Towards a more explicit taxonomy of root possibility

Depraetere, Ilse; Reed, Susan

Type de document :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1017/S1360674310000262

Titre :

Towards a more explicit taxonomy of root possibility

Auteur(s) :

Depraetere, Ilse [Auteur]

Savoirs, Textes, Langage (STL) - UMR 8163 [STL]
Reed, Susan [Auteur]

Titre de la revue :

English Language and Linguistics

Pagination :

1 - 29

Éditeur :

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Date de publication :

2011

ISSN :

1360-6743

Mot(s)-clé(s) :

possibilité
modalité
modalité non-epistémique

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique

Résumé en anglais : [en]

The aim of this paper is to improve the description of root (or non-epistemic) possibility meanings. In previous accounts, the defining criteria are not applied systematically; there is a tendency towards definition by ...
Lire la suite >The aim of this paper is to improve the description of root (or non-epistemic) possibility meanings. In previous accounts, the defining criteria are not applied systematically; there is a tendency towards definition by exemplification (especially when it comes to meanings that are 'not permission' and 'not ability') and certain categories (permission, for instance) tend to be defined in a circular way. We will argue that there are three criteria which are necessary and sufficient to distinguish five subclasses of root possibility meaning. The three criteria are: (a) the scope of the modal meaning, (b) the source of the modality and (c) the notion of potential barrier; the five meanings are: (a) ability, (b) opportunity, (c) permission, (d) general situation possibility (GSP) and (e) situation permissibility. The paper offers an in-depth analysis of the three defining criteria and the root possibility meanings that their systematic application gives rise to. This approach clearly brings out the similarities and the dissimilarities between the different subcategories of root possibility meaning in English and in this way it results in a more explicit taxonomy.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Vulgarisation :

Non

Collections :

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