Modality /

This comprehensive review and critical synthesis of research on modality focuses on formal theories within linguistics and related aspects of philosophical logic. It will be welcomed by students of linguistics at graduate level and above, as well as by researchers in philosophy, computational scienc...

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Main Author: Portner, Paul
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Oxford surveys in syntax and morphology.
Oxford linguistics.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:This comprehensive review and critical synthesis of research on modality focuses on formal theories within linguistics and related aspects of philosophical logic. It will be welcomed by students of linguistics at graduate level and above, as well as by researchers in philosophy, computational science, and related fields. - ;This is a book about semantic theories of modality. Its main goal is to explain and evaluate important contemporary theories within linguistics and to discuss a wide range of linguistic phenomena from the perspective of these theories. The introduction describes the variety.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 288 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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