Degrees of modality

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Towards a typology of modality in language 9
5. ‘Not-yet-factual at time t’: a neglected modal concept 31
6. Semantic ascent, deixis, intersubjectivity and modality 55
7. Degrees of modality 79
8. Another look at modals and subjectivity 105
9. For a topological representation of the modal system of English 123
10. Epistemic might in the interrogative 145
11. MAY in concessive contexts 159
12. When may means must: deontic modality in English statute construction 177
13. Legal English and the ‘modal revolution’ 199
14. Posteriority in expressions with must and have to: a case of interplay between syntax, semantics and pragmatics 211
15. Using the adjectives surprised/surprising to express epistemic modality 223
16. Commitment and subjectivity in the discourse of a judicial inquiry 237
17. Hearsay adverbs and modality 269
18. When Yes means No, and other hidden modalities 295
19. Modality and the history of English adhortatives 315
20. On the “great modal shift” sustained by come to VP 349
21. Backmatter 375