Epistemic modality, language, and conceptualization : a cognitive-pragmatic perspective /

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Author / Creator:	Nuyts, Jan.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 428 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 5 Human cognitive processing ; v. 5.
Subject:	Modality (Linguistics) Modality (Linguistics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125946

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ISBN:	0585461783 9780585461786 9027299366 9789027299369 9789027223579 9027223572 9781556199837 155619983X 155619983X 1282254960 9781282254961 9786612254963 6612254963
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-382) and indexes. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The relationship between language and conceptualization remains one of the major puzzles in language research. This monograph addresses this issue by means of an in depth corpus based and experimental investigation of the major types of expressions of epistemic modality in Dutch, German and English. By adopting a systematic functional orientation, the book explains a whole range of peculiarities of epistemic expression forms (synchronically and diachronically), and it offers a clear perspective on which cognitive systems are needed to get from the concept of epistemic modality to its linguisti.
Other form:	Print version: Nuyts, Jan. Epistemic modality, language, and conceptualization. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001 9027223572 155619983X

Table of Contents:

Epistemic Modality, Language, and Conceptualization; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Transcription conventions; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. Preliminaries; Chapter 2. Modal adverbs and adjectives; Chapter 3. Mental state predicates; Chapter 4. Modal auxiliaries; Chapter 5. Information structure: An experiment; Chapter 6. The cognitive structure of epistemic modality; Conclusion; References; Appendix; Subject index; Name index; Word Index.

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