Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Transcription conventions in the experimental data xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. 1. Preliminaries 1
7. 2. Modal adverbs and adjectives 55
8. 3. Mental state predicates 107
9. 4. Modal auxiliaries 171
10. 5. Information structure: An experiment 235
11. 6. The cognitive structure of epistemic modality 261
12. Conclusion 367
13. References 369
14. Appendix 1: Cartoon strips and their experimental conditions 383
15. Appendix 2: Quali.cational expressions in the experimental data 388
16. Subject index 391
17. Name index 421
18. Word index 425