1st Edition

Adverbs and Modality in English

By Leo Hoye Copyright 1997
334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

This new study on modality in English represents a departure from more traditional approaches to the subject, where the modal auxiliaries have been the usual focus of attention, by examining in detail the nature of their association with different categories of modal adverb. Modality is notoriously complex but the present work offers an accessible introduction to the topic, a comprehensive account... Read more
1. Introduction
2. Mood and Modality
3. The Modals and Their Adverb Satellites: An Overview
4. The Adverb Satellites and their Modal Verb Heads
5. Modal-Adverb Collocations in English with reference to Spanish
6. General Conclusion and Theoretical Implications
Corpus Bibliography
Main Bibliography
Index

Biography

Leo Hoye