Modality in syntax, semantics and pragmatics /

What do we mean when we say things like 'If only we knew what he was up to!' Clearly this is more than just a message, or a question to our addressee. We are expressing simultaneously that we don't know, and also that we wish to know. Several modes of encoding contribute to such modal...

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Main Author: Abraham, Werner (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UKCambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 165.
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