{"product_id":"modality-in-english","title":"Modality in English","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents two kinds of studies on English modality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the one hand, there are strongly empirical, corpus-based studies of individual uses of English modal auxiliaries and modal constructions, such as \u003cem\u003emay\u003c\/em\u003e in interrogatives, \u003cem\u003emight\u003c\/em\u003e in concessive clauses, \u003cem\u003eshall\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003emay\u003c\/em\u003e vs \u003cem\u003emust\u003c\/em\u003e in legal English, the use of \u003cem\u003esurprised if\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003esurprising if \u003c\/em\u003econstructions, the use and history of adhortative constructions, or the modal-aspectual use of \u003cem\u003ecome to\u003c\/em\u003e in \u003cem\u003eI came to realize that X\u003c\/em\u003e. The book also contains work that presents new views on some of the classical issues, like the relations between modality and time, modality and commitment, modals and (inter)subjectivity. A special place is given to work that approaches the English modals from the perspective of the 'Theory of Enunciative Operations' developed by the French linguist Antoine Culioli and his colleagues. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThus the book provides new perspectives and answers on basic questions about modality, in general, and its expression in English, in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Gruyter","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":57335591764312,"sku":"9783110196344","price":194.06,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9783110196344.jpg?v=1779282981","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/modality-in-english","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}