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Modal Adjectives English Deontic and Evaluative Constructions in Diachrony and Synchrony

:	An Van Linden
:	Modal Adjectives English Deontic and Evaluative Constructions in Diachrony and Synchrony
:	De Gruyter Mouton
:	9783110252941
:	Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]ISSN
:	1
:	CHF 159.40
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:	Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
:	English

:	383
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< >The book revisits the notion of deontic modality from the perspective of an understudied category in the modal domain, viz. adjectives. It analyses extraposition constructions with English adjectives likeessential andappropriate, and uses this to refine traditional definitions of deontic modality. Together with dynamic and evaluative meanings, this category is integrated into a conceptual map, for which diachronic and synchronic evidence is adduced.

< >An Van linden, University of Leuven, Belgium.

	Acknowledgements	5
	List of tables	12
	List of figures	17
	Abbreviations	19
	Introduction	21
	Chapter 1 The notion of modality	31
	1.1. Dynamic – deontic – epistemic modality: The basic categories	32
	1.1.1. Dynamic modality	32
	1.1.2. Deontic modality	36
	1.1.3. Epistemic modality	40
	1.1.4. Alternative organizations of the modal domain	41
	1.2. Relations between the basic categories	47
	1.2.1. Conceptual relations	47
	1.2.2. Formal, diachronic and ontogenetic relations	52
	1.3. Categories at the edges of modality	57
	1.3.1. Mood	57
	1.3.2. Volition	58
	1.3.3. Rational modality	60
	1.3.4. Evaluation	61
	1.4. Conclusion	63
	Chapter 2 Adjectives in the modal-evaluative domain	65
	2.1. The adjectives studied: Weak versus strong	67
	2.2. Constructions with adjectives: Conceptual types	72
	2.2.1. Adjectives and dynamic modality	72
	2.2.2. Adjectives and deontic modality	74
	2.2.3. A reassessment of (deontic) modality	82
	2.3. The conceptual map	87
	Chapter 3 Data and methods of the diachronic analysis	97
	3.1. The data	97
	3.2. The corpora	100
	3.3. Queries and glosses	105
	Chapter 4 The semantic development of the adjectival matrix	107
	4.1. The data: Latin and Romance loans	108
	4.2. The semantic development of essential	109
	4.3. The semantic development of vital	116
	4.4. Essential and vital: A first pathway to deontic meaning	124
	4.5. The semantic development of crucial	125
	4.6. The semantic development of critical	131
	4.7. Crucial and critical: A second pathway to deontic meaning	138
	4.8. Adjectival pathways to deontic meaning	140
	Chapter 5 The diachrony of the clausal complement patterns	146
	5.1. The relation between matrix and complement	147
	5.1.1. The development of the copular extraposition construction	149
	5.1.2. Copular and transitive verb constructions in the conceptual map	155
	5.2. The types of clausal complement	159
	5.2.1. That-clauses	161
	5.2.2. To-clauses	181
	5.2.3. The distribution of that-clauses and to-clauses	200
	5.3. Conclusion	213
	Chapter 6 The diachrony of the complex constructions: The development of propositional complements	217
	6.1. The construction types and data	218
	6.2. Towards a synchronic functional description	220
	6.2.1. The interaction between matrix and complement: Mandative versus propositional primary complements	220
	6.2.2. The types of primary mandative and propositional complements	228
	6.2.3. Secondary complements	235
	6.3. Diachronic development of mandative complements	237
	6.4. Diachronic development of propositional complements	241
	6.4.1. The adjectives of importance	244
	6.4.2. The adjectives of appropriateness	247
	6.5. Summary and questions for further research	252
	6.6. Conclusions from the diachronic analysis	256
	Chapter 7 Data and methods of the synchronic synthesis and refinement	259
	Chapter 8 Synchronic constructions: Refinements of the conceptual map	263
	8.1. Non-modal evaluation	264
	8.1.1. Mental focus on proposition	265
	8.1.2. Genuine non-modal evaluative use	268
	8.1.3. Specialized use	270
	8.1.4. Locative use	273
	8.1.5. Knowledge/acquisition of knowledge use	277
	8.1.6. Conclusion	283
	8.2. Bridging contexts	288
	8.3. Deontic and dynamic modality	292
	8.3.1. SoA-related and speaker-related deontic uses	293
	8.3.2. Text-building use	297
	8.3.3. Combined pattern of mental focus on proposition	299
	8.3.4. Strong adjectives: The distinction between dynamic and deontic modality	308
	8.3.5. SoA-related deontic expressions with weak adjectives	316
	8.3.6. Conclusion	319
	8.4. Directive meaning	323
	8.5. Conclusion	329
	Chapter 9 Conclusion	334
	References	346
	Author index	370
	Subject index	373