Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Table of contents ix
4. List of tables xii
5. List of figures xvii
6. Abbreviations xix
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter 1. The notion of modality 11
9. Chapter 2. Adjectives in the modal-evaluative domain 45
10. Chapter 3. Data and methods of the diachronic analysis 77
11. Chapter 4. The semantic development of the adjectival matrix 87
12. Chapter 5. The diachrony of the clausal complement patterns 126
13. Chapter 6. The diachrony of the complex constructions: The development of propositional complements 197
14. Chapter 7. Data and methods of the synchronic synthesis and refinement 239
15. Chapter 8. Synchronic constructions: Refinements of the conceptual map 243
16. Chapter 9. Conclusion 314
17. References 326
18. Author index 350
19. Subject index 353