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Author:   Anna Papafragou
Publisher:   HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:   Brassey's (UK) Ltd
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9780080436340

ISBN 10:   008043634
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 September 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section and chapter headings: Preface Introduction The issues Theoretical commitments: relevance theory The Semantics and Pragmatics of English Modal Verbs Introductory remarks Previous analyses A semantic proposal The pragmatics of root modality The pragmatics of epistemic modality Concluding remarks Removing Objections to a Unitary Semantic Analysis Introductory remarks Syntax and interpretation Truth-conditional behaviour 'Speech-act' modality Concluding remarks The Acquisition of Modality Introductory remarks Psycholinguistic evidence: a review A developmental proposal A note on autism and mindblindness Concluding remarks Implications for the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface Introductory remarks Options for lexical semantics: monosemy, ambiguity, polysemy Inference and the plasticity of lexical concepts Historical and developmental perspectives Concluding remarks Conclusion Bibliography

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Neil Smith, University College London, UK: This innovative treatment of modality in natural language blends insights from linguistics, philosophy and psychology to give a new overview of a complex phenomenon. Papafragou develops a largely relevance-theoretic account of the modals, which claims that they are not ambiguous but that their interpretation depends crucially on the notion of metarepresentation. A core part of the book is an elegant explantion for the order of emergence of the modals in first language acquisition. It will be essential reading for all future work in the area. Tanja Mortelmans: As one of the many studies on the English modals, Papafragou's work stands out as a relevance-theoretic account of the meaning of the English modals, which also pay considerable attention to theoretical issues concerning the semantic options of polysemy, ambiguity and monosemy. Pragmatics, Vol 12, No. 1 Marta Carretero, Complutense University, Madrid: This book is a welcome contribution to the literature on semantics and pragmatics, both in general and on the English modals in particular...P offers a meritorious account...and her proposals deserve deep reflection by readers of all orientations. Language, Vol 79, No. 2

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