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EBOOK Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change:A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780191613128
EAN: DF032871EB
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Stron: 352
Data wydania: 2012
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This book is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in        modal markers. Its approach is broadly functional typological but makes frequent        reference to work in formal semantics by scholars such as Angelika Kratzer and Paul        Portner. The author starts by considering what modality is and how it relates to and        differs from subjectivity. He argues that modality cannot be defined in terms of        subjectivity: both concepts are independent of each other, the firstexhibiting        different degrees of subjectivity, and the second being operative in a much wider        range of grammatical and lexical categories. Subjectivity, he suggests, should not        be defined solely in terms of performativity, evidentiality, or construal, but        rather from the interplay of multiple semantic andpragmatic factors. He then        presents a two-dimensional model for the descriptive representation of modality,        based on the notion that among the many aspects of modal meaning, volitivity and        speech-act-orientation versus event-orientation are two of its most salient        parameters. He shows that it is especially the dimension of speech-act orientation        versus event-orientation, parallel to category climbing in syntax, that is operative        in diachronic change. Numerous examples of diachronic changewithin modality and        between modality and other categories are then examined with respect to their        directionality. With a focus on Japanese and to a lesser extent Chinese the book is        a countercheck to hypotheses built on the Indo-European languages. It also contains        numerous illustrations from otherlanguages.

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