Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Current issues in modality 1
6. Modal verbs 19
7. Modality and polarity 51
8. Modals, objects and negation in late Middle English 75
9. On the use and interpretation of root infinitives in early child Dutch 103
10. Modals and negation in English 133
11. System interaction in the coding of modality 165
12. Modality and theory of mind 185
13. Negative polarity and modality in Middle Dutch ghe -particle constructions 205
14. (Negative) Imperatives in Slovene 245
15. Modality and mood in Macedonian 261
16. Subject index 279
17. Name index 285