The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty
Download or Read eBook The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty PDF written by A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| ISBN-10 | : 3110196174 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9783110196177 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty by : A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen
Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed account of the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties of modal adverbs of certainty in present-day English. Methodologically it relies on three types of data: monolingual corpora, translation corpora and informant testing. It is the first study in which the semantic field of certainty as realised by English adverbs is explored.
