The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood

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Jan Nuyts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Antwerp) Johan van der Auwera (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Antwerp)

The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood

Jan Nuyts (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Antwerp), Johan van der Auwera (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Antwerp)

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English

Oxford University Press
27 December 2018

linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Grammar, syntax; Philosophy; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: Oxford Handbooks

This handbook offers an in depth and comprehensive state of the art survey of the linguistic domains of modality and mood. An international team of experts in the field examines the full range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the many facets of the phenomena involved. Parts 1 and 2 of the volume present the basic linguistic facts about the systems of modality and mood in the languages of the world, covering the semantics and the expression of different subtypes of modality and mood respectively. The authors also examine the interaction of modality and mood, mutually and with other semantic categories such as aspect, time, negation, and evidentiality. In Part 3, authors discuss the features of the modality and mood systems in five typologically different language groups, while chapters in Part 4 deal with wider perspectives on modality and mood: diachrony, areality, first language acquisition, and sign language. Finally, Part 5 looks at how modality and mood are handled in different theoretical approaches: formal syntax, functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics and construction grammar, and formal semantics.

Edited by: Jan Nuyts (Professor of Linguistics Professor of Linguistics University of Antwerp), Johan van der Auwera (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Antwerp)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.228kg
ISBN: 9780198826781
ISBN 10: 0198826788
Series: Oxford Handbooks
Pages: 688
Publication Date: 27 December 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jan Nuyts is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Antwerp. His main research area is cognitive-functional semantics. His current focus of attention concerns the cognitive and functional structure of qualificational categories - and the modal categories in particular - and their linguistic expressions, synchronically and diachronically, and what one can learn from them about human cognition. Johan van der Auwera is Professor of General and English Linguistics at the University of Antwerp, and editor-in-chief of the journal Linguistics. His current research focuses on grammatical semantics and typology (including areal typology and dialectology), with special reference to mood, modality, negation, indefinites, and impersonals.

Reviews for The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood

Overall, The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood is a rewarding reading experience, and it will likely remain a highly relevant resource in the years to come. * Cameron Morin, Linguist List * The range of topics covered in this book is impressive. It gives a most complete overview of the forms and meanings of modality and mood, as well as cross-linguistic perspectives on their synchrony and diachrony. It also offers a number of original angles such as areality, language acquisition, and sign languages. ...the Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood is a rewarding reading experience, and it will likely remain a highly relevant resource in the years to come. * Cameron Morin, Linguist List *