The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty A Corpus-Based Study of English Adverbs |
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| Author:
| Simon-Vandenbergen, Anne-Marie
Aijmer, Karin |
| Series title: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-916605-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | Mouton De Gruyter
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| Book Format: | Mixed media product |
| List Price: | USD $293.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.