A01=Eirian Davies
academic linguistics resource
Author_Eirian Davies
Belief Modals
Category=CBX
Category=CFG
Category=CFK
Category=DS
clause
conditional constructions
Decision Conditionals
Decision Operation
dependent
Dependent Clause
Description Sign
English Grammar
English mood and condition semantics
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_dictionaries-language-reference
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
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eq_non-fiction
Explicit Performative
Explicit Performative Verbs
Fiat Imperatives
grammar
Hortatory Subjunctives
Illocutionary Act
Illocutionary Force
interpretational
Interpretational Meaning
Knower Role
lexical
linguistic meaning frameworks
LMM
Main Clause
meaning
Modal Verb
Operation Sign
Optative Subjunctives
Performer's Decision
Performer’s Decision
pragmatic analysis
Primary Role Player
role
semantic planes
speech act theory
Split Operation
surface
Surface Grammar
teller
Teller Role
Teller's Decision
Teller’s Decision
verb
Product details
- ISBN 9781138919426
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 25 Jun 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1979, this book develops a grammatically orientated semantics (as opposed to a semantically orientated grammar) of mood and condition in English. It seeks to establish correspondences between areas of semantic organisation (‘planes’) and surface grammar, without reverting to an intermediate notion of deep grammar. The chapters explore topics including the differences between ‘literal meaning’ and ‘significance’, speech roles, and constructions of condition and reason in terms of the four panes discussed earlier in the volume.
