Table of contents
Transcription conventions in the experimental dataxi
Prefacexiii
Introductionxv
1. Preliminaries1
2. Modal adverbs and adjectives55
3. Mental state predicates107
4. Modal auxiliaries171
5. Information structure: An experiment235
6. The cognitive structure of epistemic modality261
Conclusion367
References369
Appendix 1: Cartoon strips and their experimental conditions383
Appendix 2: Quali.cational expressions in the experimental data388
Subject index391
Name index421
Word index425
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