Modality in Mind

By: Nuyts, Jan

Modality - the ways in which language can express grades of reality or truth - is the subject of a vast and long-established body of research. In this book, field-leader Jan Nuyts brings together twenty years of his research to offer a comprehensive, fully integrated view on areas of contentious debate within modality, from a functional and cognitive perspective. The book provides an empirically grounded, conceptual reanalysis of modality and related...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 100944722X
• ISBN13: 9781009447225
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages