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Publication details [#42572]

Hoye, Ermina. 2005. “You may think that; I couldn’t possibly comment!” Modality studies: Contemporary research and future directions. Part I. Journal of Pragmatics 37 (8) : 1295–1321.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognition | evidential | modality | mood | pragmatics

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper on mood and modality examines three different theoretical perspectives – generative, cognitive–pragmatic, and typological –, focusing primarily on languages other than English.