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Subordinating Modalities

A Quantitative Analysis of Syntactically Dependent Modal Verb Constructions

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Authors:
  1. Pascal Hohaus

    1. Braunschweig, Germany

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  • provides an in-depth corpus-based investigation of subordinated modal verb phrases combining usage-feature analysis with collocational/colligational analysis
  • applies construction grammar to modality including the notions of complexity, schematicity, productivity and subjectivity
  • discusses replicability as a methodological challenge in conducting a follow-up study to validate the findings

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-30

  3. Characterising the Subject of Study

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    Pages 31-56

  4. Framework

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    Pages 57-75

  5. Methodological Procedure

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    Pages 77-98

  6. Corpus-Based Analyses

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    Pages 99-210

  7. Discussion

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    Pages 211-245

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 247-256

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 257-286
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About this book

This study is concerned with the use of the English modals (may, might,can, could, shall, should, will, would and must) in adverbial, relative and complement clauses. It employs synchronic data from the British National Corpus and quantitative methods to investigate similarities and differences between the core modals, as well as modal-specific preferences in subordinate clauses. The main finding is that modal verbs in subordinate clauses may be conceived of as meso-constructions and that they qualify as micro-constructions once further syntagmatic features are considered. This allows for distinguishing modal verb phrases with different degrees of complexity, schematicity, productivity and subjectivity. Further applications give us insights into collocations, modal harmony, semantic preference, and the attraction of dynamic meaning to relative clauses.

            

Authors and Affiliations

  • Braunschweig, Germany

    Pascal Hohaus

About the author

The Author 
Pascal Hohaus worked as a PhD student at University of Hanover (2014–2019). He is currently coordinating the online study programs Business and Media Informatics at Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences (January 2020).   




          

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Subordinating Modalities

  • Book Subtitle: A Quantitative Analysis of Syntactically Dependent Modal Verb Constructions

  • Authors: Pascal Hohaus

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05643-6

  • Publisher: J.B. Metzler Stuttgart

  • eBook Packages: J.B. Metzler Humanities (German Language)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-476-05642-9Published: 27 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-476-05643-6Published: 26 February 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 286

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Germanic Languages, Syntax, Applied Linguistics

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