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Publication details [#13251]

Papafragou, Anna. 2000. Modality: Issues in the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface. (Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface (CRiSPI) 6). Elsevier. xii + 239 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
ambiguity | modality | polysemy | pragmatics | relevance | semantics2
Language as a subject
English
ISBN
0-08-043634-X

Annotation

A relevance-theoretic account of the meaning of the English modals, which also pays considerable attention to theoretical issues concerning the semantic options of polysemy, ambiguity and monosemy.

Reviewed by

Klinge, Alex. 2002. Review of $Modality: Issues in the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface.