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Models of modals = from pragmatics and corpus linguistics to machine learning /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Models of modals/ Ilse Depraetere ... [et al.]
Reminder of title:	from pragmatics and corpus linguistics to machine learning /
other author:	Depraetere, Ilse.
Published:	Berlin :De Gruyter Mouton, : c2023.,
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 274 p.) :ill. (some col.) :
Subject:	English language - Modality. -
Online resource:	https://www.degruyterbrill.com/isbn/9783110734157
ISBN:	9783110734157

Models of modals = from pragmatics and corpus linguistics to machine learning /
Models of modalsfrom pragmatics and corpus linguistics to machine learning /[electronic resource] :Ilse Depraetere ... [et al.] - 1st ed. - Berlin :De Gruyter Mouton,c2023. - 1 online resource (vi, 274 p.) :ill. (some col.) - Topics in English linguistics,1101434-3452 ;. - Topics in English linguistics,110..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction / Ilse Depraetere, Bert Cappelle, Martin Hilpert -- 1 English modals: An outline of their forms, meanings and uses / Ilse Depraetere, Bert Cappelle -- 2 Modality revisited: Combining insights from Construction Grammar and Relevance Theory / Benoit Leclercq -- 3 Possibility modals: Which conditions make them possible? / Bert Cappelle, Ludovic De Cuypere, Ilse Depraetere, Cyril Grandin, Benoit Leclercq -- 4 Necessity modals and the role of source as a predictive factor / Benoit Leclercq, Bert Cappelle, Ilse Depraetere, Cyril Grandin -- 5 You must/have to choose: Experimenting with choices between near-synonymous modals / Susanne Flach, Bert Cappelle, Martin Hilpert -- 6 Does the intersubjectivity of modal verbs boost inter-individual differences? / Clemens Hufeld, Hans-Jorg Schmid -- 7 Modals as a predictive factor for L2 proficiency level / Natalia Grabar, Thierry Hamon, Benoit Leclercq -- 8 Revisiting modal sense classification with contextual word embeddings / Mathieu Dehouck, Pascal Denis -- 9 Modals in the network model of Construction Grammar / Martin Hilpert, Susanne Flach -- Index.

Modal verbs in English communicate delicate shades of meaning, there being a large range of verbs both on the necessity side (must, have to, should, ought to, need, need to) and the possibility side (can, may, could, might, be able to). They therefore constitute excellent test ground to apply and compare different methodologies that can lay bare the factors that drive the speaker's choice of modal verb. This book is not merely concerned with a purely grammatical description of the use of modal verbs, but aims at advancing our understanding of lexical and grammatical units in general and of linguistic methodologies to explore these. It thus involves a genuine effort to compare, assess and combine a variety of approaches. It complements the leading descriptive qualitative work on modal verbs by testing a diverse range of quantitative methods, while not ignoring qualitative issues pertaining to the semantics-pragmatics interface. Starting from a critical assessment of what constitutes the meaning of modal verbs, different types of empirical studies (usage-based, data-driven and experimental), drawing considerably on the same data sets, shows how method triangulation can contribute to an enhanced understanding. Due attention is also given to individual variation as well as the degree to which modals can predict L2 proficiency level.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

ISBN: 9783110734157

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110734157doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1378514
English language
--Modality.

LC Class. No.: PE1315.M6 / D47 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 425.6

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