This typological overview compares the degree to which different languages have means to give expression to modality (possibility, necessity) without lexical an

The volume aims at a universal definition of modality or “illocutionary/speaker’s perspective force” that is strong enough to capture the entire range of

An innovative survey that covers the linguistic questions of modality and mood, offering a new model for the phenomenon.

This book shows that the semantic analysis of modal notions of possibility and necessity can be used to enhance our understanding of the interpretation of repor

This book focuses on conversation analysis in Czech, including the prosody-syntax-interface and online-syntax in real time that deals with turn initiating eleme