Models of Modals: From Pragmatics and Corpus Linguistics to Machine Learning

by Martin Hilpert, Bert Cappelle, Ilse Depraetere, et al.

Book Overview

Modal verbs in English communicate delicate shades of meaning, there being a large range of verbs both on the necessity side (must, have to, should, ought to, need, need to) and the possibility side (can, may, could, might, be able to). They therefore constitute excellent test ground to apply and compare different methodologies that can lay bare the factors that drive the speaker's choice of modal verb. This book is not merely concerned with a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3111620727
• ISBN13: 9783111620725
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"