Neue Publikation: Manuel des modes et modalités
Manuel des modes et modalités.
Édité par Gerda Haßler, avec la collaboration de Sylvie Mutet.
Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2022, IX-690 Seiten.
(Manuals of Romance Linguistics. Volume 29)
ISBN 978-3-11-054927-0
e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-054945-4
e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-055109-9
Abstract:
Modality refers to the attitudes a speaker can adopt toward the propositional content of an utterance including, among others, possibility and necessity. After introducing different theoretical perspectives on this concept, this manual presents the markers of modality (moods, modal verbs, adverbs) in Romance languages. It also addresses diachronic questions and the overlaps between modality and other grammatical categories.