Covert Modality in Non-finite Contexts / / Rajesh Bhatt.
This book investigates the distribution and interpretation of Covert Modality. Covert Modality is modality which we interpret but which is not associated with any lexical item in the structure that we are interpreting. This dissertation investigates a class of environments that involves covert modal...
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Bhatt, Rajesh, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Covert Modality in Non-finite Contexts / Rajesh Bhatt. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2008] ©2006 1 online resource (204 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Interface Explorations [IE] , 1861-4167 ; 8 Dissertation University of Pennsylvania 1999. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The syntax of infinitival -- relatives -- Chapter 3. Non-Modal subject infinitival -- relatives -- Chapter 4. Infinitival questions -- Chapter 5. Ability modals and their actuality -- entailments -- Backmatter restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book investigates the distribution and interpretation of Covert Modality. Covert Modality is modality which we interpret but which is not associated with any lexical item in the structure that we are interpreting. This dissertation investigates a class of environments that involves covert modality. Examples of covert modality include wh-infinitival complements, infinitival relative clauses, purpose clauses, the 'have to' construction, and the 'is to' construction (cf. 1): 1a. Tim knows [how to solve the problem]. ("Tim knows how one/he could/should solve the problem.")1b. Jane found [a book to draw cartoons in] for Sara. ("Jane found a book for Sara one could/should draw cartoons in.")1c. [The man to fix the sink] is here. ("The man whose purpose is to fix the sink is here.")1d. Sue went to Torino [to buy a violin]. ("Sue went to Torino so that she could buy a violin.") 1e. Bill has to reach Philadelphia before noon. ("Bill must reach Philadelphia before noon.")1f. Will is to leave tomorrow. ("Will is scheduled/supposed to leave tomorrow.") The interpretation of (1a-f) involves modality; however, there is no lexical item that seems to be the source of the modality. What (1a-f) have in common is that they involve infinitivals. This book addresses the following questions about covert modality: what is the source of this modality, what are its semantic properties, why are some but not all infinitival relatives modal, and why are all infinitival questions modal? The infinitival [+wh] Complementizer is identified as the source of the covert modality. The apparent variability of the force of this modality is related to the particular semantics of this Complementizer. Infinitival relatives that receive a non-modal interpretation are analyzed as being reduced relatives and thus not involving the infinitival [+wh] Complementizer. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Feb 2023) Grammar, Comparative and general Relative clauses. Modality (Linguistics). Modalität. Semantik. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. bisacsh Modality. Semantics. Syntax. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1 9783110238570 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Linguistics and Semiotics 2000-2014 (EN) 9783110238457 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014 9783110636970 ZDB-23-DLS Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter De Gruyter Mouton Backlist 2000-2015 9783110742961 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2008 9783110212129 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE ENGLISH LANGUAGES TITLES 2008 9783110212136 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET LINGUISTIK UND LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2008 9783110209457 ZDB-23-DGA print 9783110179521 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110197341 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110197341 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110197341/original |
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