Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I. Formal properties of modality
5. 1 Formal properties of modality
6. Interpreting modals by phase heads 19
7. Evidentiality straddling T- and C-domains 43
8. Part II. Typological surveys
9. The syntax of modal polyfunctionality revisited 89
10. Mora da as a marker of modal meanings in Macedonian 127
11. Modal semantics and morphosyntax of the Latvian DEBITIVE 167
12. Deontic or epistemic? habēre as a modal marker of future certainty in Macedonian 193
13. Epistemic, evidential and attitudinal markers in clause-medial position in Cantonese 219
14. Part III. Interfaces between mood and modality
15. Modal particles in rationale clauses and related constructions 263
16. Modal particles in causal clauses 291
17. Part IV. Modality conceptualizations
18. Enablement and possibility 319
19. The modal category of sufficiency 353
20. Part V. Diachronic derivation
21. From agent-oriented modality to sequential 379
22. Part VI. Covert modality
23. A rare case of covert modality 409
24. (C)Overt epistemic modality and its perspectival effects on the textual surface 457
25. Dimensions of implicit modality in Igbo 485
26. Index 507