1887
Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on the Development of Text-Production Abilities in Speech and Writing. Part 2
  • ISSN 1387-6732
  • E-ISSN: 1570-6001
USD
Buy:$35.00 + Taxes

Abstract

This study considers the use of modal expressions (auxiliaries like should, can), semi-modals (e.g. have to, be likely to), and adverbials and complement-taking expressions (maybe, it is possible that ) to convey the attitudes and feelings of speaker/writers about the events they describe and the ideas they express. The topic of “propositional attitudes” thus overlaps with the domains of linguistic analysis known as “mood and modality.” This paper considers selected facets of linguistic modality in developmental and cross-linguistic perspective.

Loading

Article metrics loading...

/content/journals/10.1075/wll.5.2.04rei
2002-01-01
2025-02-14
Loading full text...

Full text loading...

/content/journals/10.1075/wll.5.2.04rei
Loading
  • Article Type: Research Article
This is a required field
Please enter a valid email address
Approval was successful
Invalid data
An Error Occurred
Approval was partially successful, following selected items could not be processed due to error