150005436 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code SLCS 74 Hb 15 9789027230843 06 10.1075/slcs.74 13 2005053634 00 BB 01 245 mm 02 164 mm 08 595 gr 10 01 JB code SLCS 02 0165-7763 02 74.00 01 02 Studies in Language Companion Series Studies in Language Companion Series 01 01 Epistemic Modality Functional properties and the Italian system Epistemic Modality: Functional properties and the Italian system 1 A01 01 JB code 49054865 Paola Pietrandrea Pietrandrea, Paola Paola Pietrandrea University Rome Three 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/49054865 01 eng 11 248 03 03 xii 03 00 232 03 01 22 425/.6 03 2005 PC1290 04 Italian language--Modality. 04 Italian language--Semantics. 04 Epistemics. 10 LAN009000 12 CF 24 JB code LIN.ROM Romance linguistics 24 JB code LIN.SEMAN Semantics 24 JB code LIN.SYNTAX Syntax 24 JB code LIN.TYP Typology 01 06 03 00 This volume offers an original theoretical and methodological approach to the hotly debated issue of epistemic modality. The analysis is conducted in a rigorous typological frame developed after a careful consideration of a wealth of cross-linguistic data, and focuses on Italian, a language often disregarded in comparative analyses. The complexity of the Italian epistemic system provides relevant information that will undoubtedly foster a better understanding of the topic. A new definition of epistemic modality is proposed on a functional basis and the structure of the Italian epistemic system is closely described. The morpho-syntactic characteristics of Italian epistemic forms are regarded as the result of the dialectic between universal functional pressures and peculiar system resistances. Shaped by the system, epistemic modality emerges as an intrinsically linguistic category, which cannot be downsized to a mere conceptual notion, as other approaches would propose. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/slcs.74.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027230843.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027230843.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/slcs.74.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/slcs.74.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/slcs.74.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/slcs.74.hb.png 01 01 JB code slcs.74.01abb 06 10.1075/slcs.74.01abb xi xii 2 Miscellaneous 1 01 04 Abbreviations Abbreviations 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.02int 06 10.1075/slcs.74.02int 1 5 5 Chapter 2 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.03the 06 10.1075/slcs.74.03the 6 39 34 Chapter 3 01 04 The notional category of epistemic modality The notional category of epistemic modality 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.04aty 06 10.1075/slcs.74.04aty 40 52 13 Chapter 4 01 04 A typological classification of epistemic systems A typological classification of epistemic systems 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.05epi 06 10.1075/slcs.74.05epi 53 68 16 Chapter 5 01 04 Epistemic modality in Italian Epistemic modality in Italian 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.06sem 06 10.1075/slcs.74.06sem 69 99 31 Chapter 6 01 04 Semantic oppositions Semantic oppositions 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.07aty 06 10.1075/slcs.74.07aty 100 107 8 Chapter 7 01 04 A typological characterization of italian epistemic modality A typological characterization of italian epistemic modality 01 eng 01 01 JB code slcs.74.08inf 06 10.1075/slcs.74.08inf 108 132 25 Chapter 8 01 04 Inflectional and distributional constraints. 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