Objective and subjective deontic modal necessity in FDG – evidence from Spanish auxiliary expressions
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Hella Olbertz
Abstract
The theory of FDG claims that deontic modality can be either participant-oriented or event-oriented, both distinctions forming part of the Representational Level. However, there is evidence from Spanish and a number of other languages that event-oriented deontic modality can be coded twice, with different values in one and the same State-of-Affairs. We will therefore distinguish between objective and subjective deontic modality, where the latter has scope over the former. On the basis of the ways in which the expressions of subjective and objective deontic modality interact with tense and other modal distinctions, we will propose a refinement of the internal structure of the Representational Level in order to accommodate this distinction.
Abstract
The theory of FDG claims that deontic modality can be either participant-oriented or event-oriented, both distinctions forming part of the Representational Level. However, there is evidence from Spanish and a number of other languages that event-oriented deontic modality can be coded twice, with different values in one and the same State-of-Affairs. We will therefore distinguish between objective and subjective deontic modality, where the latter has scope over the former. On the basis of the ways in which the expressions of subjective and objective deontic modality interact with tense and other modal distinctions, we will propose a refinement of the internal structure of the Representational Level in order to accommodate this distinction.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Introduction 1
- A new approach to clausal constituent order 15
- The interaction between tense and evidentials of event perception and deduction in Brazilian Native languages 39
- Spatial adpositions between lexicon and grammar 67
- On the representation of roots, stems and finals in Blackfoot 95
- Conceptual representation and formulation 125
- External possessors and related constructions in Functional Discourse Grammar 155
- Time reference in English indirect speech 189
- The X is ( is ) construction 213
- Raising in Functional Discourse Grammar 249
- Objective and subjective deontic modal necessity in FDG – evidence from Spanish auxiliary expressions 277
- Name index 301
- Language index 305
- Subject index 309
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Abbreviations vii
- Introduction 1
- A new approach to clausal constituent order 15
- The interaction between tense and evidentials of event perception and deduction in Brazilian Native languages 39
- Spatial adpositions between lexicon and grammar 67
- On the representation of roots, stems and finals in Blackfoot 95
- Conceptual representation and formulation 125
- External possessors and related constructions in Functional Discourse Grammar 155
- Time reference in English indirect speech 189
- The X is ( is ) construction 213
- Raising in Functional Discourse Grammar 249
- Objective and subjective deontic modal necessity in FDG – evidence from Spanish auxiliary expressions 277
- Name index 301
- Language index 305
- Subject index 309
