2010. Some observations on the meaning of modals.
Document type :
Partie d'ouvrage
Title :
2010. Some observations on the meaning of modals.
Author(s) :
Scientific editor(s) :
Cappelle, Bert and Naoaki Wada (eds).
Book title :
Distinctions in English grammar, offered to Renaat Declerck.
Publisher :
Tokyo: Kaitakusha.
Publication date :
2010
English keyword(s) :
English modals
semantics/pragmatics interface
semantics/pragmatics interface
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Linguistique
English abstract : [en]
This paper highlights a range of facets of meaning of modals that are determined in context, all of which have to be addressed in a model of meaning if it is to be explanatorily adequate. A sketch is drawn of a such a model ...
Show more >This paper highlights a range of facets of meaning of modals that are determined in context, all of which have to be addressed in a model of meaning if it is to be explanatorily adequate. A sketch is drawn of a such a model that differentiates three levels of meaning: context-independent meaning, context-dependent semantics and pragmatic meaning.Show less >
Show more >This paper highlights a range of facets of meaning of modals that are determined in context, all of which have to be addressed in a model of meaning if it is to be explanatorily adequate. A sketch is drawn of a such a model that differentiates three levels of meaning: context-independent meaning, context-dependent semantics and pragmatic meaning.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Non spécifiée
Popular science :
Non
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