Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of Tables XIII
5. Abbreviations XV
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Modal verbs: A class struggle 8
8. 3. The nature of epistemic modality 280
9. 4. Twenty-one commandments for epistemic modality 334
10. 5. Reportative and evidential modal operators 485
11. 6. Anchoring the deictic centre 518
12. 7. On black magic: A diachronic explanation 541
13. 8. Summary 552
14. Primary sources 555
15. References 559
16. Author index 577
17. Subject index 583