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Mood and Modality
Hardback
Main Details
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Mood and Modality
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) F. R. Palmer
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| Series | Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:260 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 160 |
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| Category/Genre | Grammar and syntax |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521800358
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| Classifications | Dewey:415 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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| Edition |
2nd Revised edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
23 April 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Since the publication of F. R. Palmer's first edition of Mood and Modality in 1986, when the topic of 'modality' was fairly unfamiliar, there has been considerable interest in the subject as well as in grammatical typology in general. Modality is concerned with mood (subjunctive etc.) and with modal markers such as English modal verbs (can, may, must etc.) and is treated as a single grammatical category found in most of the languages of the world. In his investigation of this category, Palmer draws on a wealth of examples from a wide variety of languages. He discusses in detail familiar features in a number of mainly European languages, and also looks at less familiar features including 'evidential' systems and the contrast of realis/irrealis, both to be found in unrelated languages.
Reviews'These are complex areas ... and as a basic guide to the problems and the terminology in the field this is a valuable book.' Raphael Salkie, MLR
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