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.