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Models of Modals

From Pragmatics and Corpus Linguistics to Machine Learning

Ilse Depraetere, Bert Cappelle, Martin Hilpert, Ludovic De Cuypere, Mathieu Dehouck, Pascal Denis, Susanne Flach, Natalia Grabar, Cyril Grandin, Thierry Hamon, Clemens Hufeld, Benoît Leclercq, Hans-Jörg Schmid (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

VI, 274 Seiten

2023
de Gruyter Mouton (Verlag)
978-3-11-073861-2 (ISBN)

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The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

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.

lt;p>Ilse Depraetere (Université de Lille), Martin Hilpert (Université de Neuch tel), Bert Cappelle (Université de Lille),

Ludovic Decuypere (Ghent), Mathieu Dehouck (Lattice CNRS), Pascal Denis (Inria, Lille), Susanne Flach (Neuch tel), Natalia Grabar (Lille), Cyril Grandin (Lille), Thierry Hamon (Paris), Clemens Hufeld (LMU München), Benoît Leclercq (Saint-Denis), Hans-Jörg Schmid (LMU München)

"The new monograph [...] contributes to a better understanding of EMs [English modals] by appropriately combining linguistic theories and applying advanced rigorous quantitative methods. Consequently, this book is definitely a most cutting-edge one in studying EMs in terms of its theoretical and methodological significance and thus is strongly recommended to graduates and researchers interested in English grammar, corpus linguistics, construction grammar and related fields."

Ziheng Zhou & Deliang Wang, 2023, in Corpus Pragmatics 7, 297-302

Erscheinungsdatum	21.03.2023
Reihe/Serie	Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 110
Zusatzinfo	22 b/w and 17 col. ill., 42 b/w tbl.
Verlagsort	Basel/Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	539 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Corpus Linguistics • Corpuslinguistik • English Modals • English Modals, Pragmatics, Corpus Linguistics, Machine Learning • machine learning • Modalverben • Pragmatics • Pragmatik
ISBN-10	3-11-073861-9 / 3110738619
ISBN-13	978-3-11-073861-2 / 9783110738612
Zustand	Neuware