Thinking Modally

English and Contrastive Studies on Modality
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4438-8044-2
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 485 Seiten

This volume brings together a selection of the papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Modality in English, held in Madrid on 9-11 September 2010. The book is divided into two parts, with the first encompassing contributions focusing on the notions of modality, evidentiality and temporality, and the second those that explore modality and its connection with stance and evaluation in specific genres and discourse domains.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zamorano-Mansill, Juan Rafael

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Über Autor(innen)

Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla teaches English Language and Linguistics at the Facultad de Filología Inglesa at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He obtained his PhD in 2006 with a dissertation on the expression of tense and aspect in English and Spanish. His publications mainly focus on tense, aspect and modality, as well as the use of new technologies in linguistics.