Models Of Modals: From Pragmatics And Corpus Linguistics To Machine Learning (Issn, 110)

This volume on English modals positions itself with respect to qualitative questions pertaining to the semantics-pragmatics interface and critically assesses different kinds of quantitative models. It leads off with a discussion of how the meaning of modal verbs can be captured. The authors then present different types of empirical studies (usage-based, data-driven and experimental) which draw largely on the same data sets. In doing so, they demonstrate how method triangulation can contribute to an enhanced understanding of modality in English.

• | Author: Ilse Ber Depraetere Cappelle Hilpert, Ilse Depraetere, Bert Cappelle, Martin Hilpert, Ludovic De Cuypere, Mathieu Dehouck, Pascal Denis, Susanne Flach, Natalia Grabar, Cyril Grandin, Thierry Hamon, Clemens Hufeld, Benoît Leclercq, Hans-Jörg Schmid
• | Publisher: Walter De Gruyter
• | Publication Date: Apr 12, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 300 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3110738619
• | ISBN-13: 9783110738612