Jan Nuyts

Modality in Mind

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Drawing on twenty years of research, this book provides a functionally and cognitively motivated analysis of the field of modality. It is essential reading for researchers interested in the semantics of modality, as well as in the implications of this domain for understanding the cognitive infrastructure for language and thought"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009447225
• ISBN-10: 100944722X
• Artikelnr.: 70017655

Autorenporträt

Jan Nuyts is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Antwerp. His notable publications include Aspects of a Cognitive-Pragmatic Theory of Language (1992), Epistemic Modality, Language and Conceptualization (2001) and The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood (with van der Auwera, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
1. The Cognitive-functional Approach
2. Qualifying States of Affairs
3. Modality Revisited
4. Attitudes
5. Beyond the Qualificational Hierarchy
6. (Inter)subjectivity, and More
7. Back to the Cognitive-functional Approach
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Person Index
Subject Index.