'Mood' (subjunctive, etc.) and 'modality' (can, may, must, etc.) are familiar terms in linguistics, but this is the first book to present a systematic and principled description, across a wide variety of languages, of what can be considered a single grammatical category. The notion of modality is notoriously vague and a number of definitions have ...
Since the publication of his Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics (1968), Sir John Lyons became one of the most important and internationally renowned contributors to the study of linguistics. In a career which spanned several decades, he addressed himself to a broad range of issues of fundamental importance and is particularly noted for his ...
Frank Palmer's new book is a typological survey of grammatical roles, such as Agent, Patient, Beneficiary, and grammatical relations, such as Subject, Direct Object and Indirect Object, which are familiar concepts in traditional grammars. It describes the devices, such as the Passive, that alter or switch the identities between such roles and ...
A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed. See also Hoye.
The fourteen original essays in this collection have been specially written to highlight important developments in the history of Western linguistics from Classical times to the present day. Any reader with an interest in the history of linguistic ideas will find much in this collection that is new and thought-provoking.
When the first edition of Semantics appeared in 1976, the developments in this aspect of language study were exciting interest not only among linguists, but among philosophers, psychologists and logicians. Professor Palmer's straightforward and comprehensive book was immediately welcomed as one of the best introductions to the subject. Interest in ...
A long established and highly regarded account of all aspects of the English verb taking account of recent work on tense, phase and aspect, and of the author's own research. Theoretical discussion is kept to a minimum, but the arguments are always presented within a modern theoretical framework.
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Palmer, Paul (Editor); William Faulkner, James M. Cain, Robert Frost, Charles Morgan, Hassoldt Davis, Frank R. Kent, W.F....
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Publisher: American Mercury, Inc,
Date Published: 1935.
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Publisher: Clark Publishing Co.
Date Published: 1953
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