The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty

The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 416
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ISBN-10 : 3110196174
ISBN-13 : 9783110196177
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Book Synopsis The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty by : A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen

Download or read book The Semantic Field of Modal Certainty written by A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed account of the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic properties of modal adverbs of certainty in present-day English. Methodologically it relies on three types of data: monolingual corpora, translation corpora and informant testing. It is the first study in which the semantic field of certainty as realised by English adverbs is explored.


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