Variation in Central Modals: A Repertoire of Forms and Types of Usage in Middle English and Early Modern English

Author:   Maurizio Gotti ,  Marina Dossena ,  Richard Dury ,  Roberta Facchinetti
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Volume:   v. 4
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9783906769844


Pages:   364
Publication Date:   10 October 2002
Format:   Paperback
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Variation in Central Modals: A Repertoire of Forms and Types of Usage in Middle English and Early Modern English


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This volume presents the results of a research team of the University of Bergamo, whose aim was the analysis of verbal modality in the Helsinki corpus. This corpus includes a large selection of texts compiled in Middle English and Early Modern English and offers a good diatypic coverage, as it contains a wide range of text-types, genres and registers. Within a common methodological framework, individual chapters measure and analyze the occurrence and semantic values of central modal verbs, relating them to such parameters as text type, speech-relatedness and pragmatic function. This research project is part of a wider national project aiming to register and comment on the formal variety of modal manifestations and their relative frequency in a range of texts covering approximately four centuries, from about 1300 to 1700.

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Author:   Maurizio Gotti ,  Marina Dossena ,  Richard Dury ,  Roberta Facchinetti
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Volume:   v. 4
Weight:   0.510kg
ISBN:  

9783906769844


ISBN 10:   3906769844
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   10 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents: English Linguistics - History of the English Language - Modal Verbs - Dynamic, Epistemic, Deontic Modality and Meanings - Verb Phrase Structure.

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The Authors: Maurizio Gotti is Professor of English at the University of Bergamo (Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures). Marina Dossena is Associate Professor of English at the University of Bergamo (Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures). Richard Dury is Associate Professor of English at the University of Bergamo (Faculty of Literature and Philosophy). Roberta Facchinetti is Associate Professor of English at the University of Verona (Faculty of Education). Maria Lima is Associate Professor of English at the University of Salerno (Faculty of Political Science).

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