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OverviewThis 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Maurizio Gotti , Marina Dossena , Richard Dury , Roberta FacchinettiPublisher: Verlag Peter Lang Imprint: Verlag Peter Lang Volume: v. 4 Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9783906769844ISBN 10: 3906769844 Pages: 364 Publication Date: 10 October 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: English Linguistics - History of the English Language - Modal Verbs - Dynamic, Epistemic, Deontic Modality and Meanings - Verb Phrase Structure.ReviewsAuthor InformationThe 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). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |