Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective (Oxford Linguistics) by Heiko Narrog
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0199694370 | 352 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB
This book is a cross-linguistic exploration of semantic and functional change in modal markers. Its approach is broadly functional typological but makes frequent reference to work in formal semantics by scholars such as Angelika Kratzer and Paul Portner. The author starts by considering what modality is and how it relates to and differs from subjectivity.