Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements xiii
4. List of abbreviations xv
5. Morpheme boundary symbols xvii
6. List of figures xix
7. List of tables xxi
8. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
9. Part I. Modality and the layered structure of the clause
10. Chapter 2. A brief outline of modality 7
11. Chapter 3. Modality in Japanese linguistics 21
12. Chapter 4. The layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories 33
13. Chapter 5. Modality in theories of the layered structure of the clause and hierarchies of functional categories 49
14. Chapter 6. Modality and the layered structure of the clause in Japanese linguistics 55
15. Chapter 7. Summary 59
16. Part II. The modal markers of Japanese: A short description
17. Chapter 8. Criteria for the description of modality 63
18. Chapter 9. Formal means of expression – an overview 67
19. Chapter 10. The modal categories 79
20. Part III. Categories on the periphery of modality
21. Chapter 11. Clausal moods 135
22. Chapter 12. Illocutionary modulation 159
23. Chapter 13. ‘Modality of explanation’ 161
24. Part IV. Modality and the hierarchy of functional categories: An empirical study
25. Chapter 14. Data and methods 165
26. Chapter 15. Modality embedding modality (double modality) 177
27. Chapter 16. Modality and tense, aspect, negation 191
28. Chapter 17. Modality and higher categories 211
29. Chapter 18. Modality embedded in adverbial clauses 217
30. Chapter 19. Conclusion 225
31. Part V. Collocations
32. Chapter 20. Collocations 247
33. References 255
34. Index 275