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modality1

Fr    modalité1, modalité d'énonciation, modus

nS

Synonym(s): modus

Related term(s): mood

Source(s):

Arndt & Janney 1987: 202
ARNDT, Horst & JANNEY, Richard Wayne. (1987) InterGrammar: Toward an Integrative Model of Verbal, Prosodic and Kinesic Choices in Speech. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (CA)


Crystal 2003: 295
CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.


Ducrot & Todorov 1979[trans.]: 313
DUCROT, Oswald and TODOROV, Tzvetan. (1979 [trans.]) Encyclopedic Dictionary of the  Sciences of Language. Trans. by Catherine Porter. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 


Eggins 1994: 179
EGGINS, Suzanne. (1994) An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics. London: Pinter Publishers. (FG)


ELL: 2515ff.
The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.


Fillmore 1968: 23-24
FILLMORE, Charles J. (1968) "The Case for Case," in Bach & Harms (eds.), Universals in Linguistic Theory. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1-88. (CG)


Halliday & Hasan 1976: 135, 181-182
HALLIDAY, M.A.K. & HASAN, Ruqaiya. (1976) Cohesion in English. London: Longman.  (FG)


Halliday 1994: 88-89
HALLIDAY, M.A.K. (1994) An Introduction to Functional Grammar (Second Edition). London: Edward Arnold.  (FG)


Hartmann & Stork 1972: 142
HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.


Kroeger 2005: 147, 163, 165-166 (also "speaker-oriented modality", "agent-oriented modality")
KROEGER, Paul R. (2005) Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.


Longacre 1983: 140-141 (frustrated modality), 252-253
LONGACRE, Robert E. (1983) The Grammar of Discourse. New York: Plenum Press. (DA)


Matthews 1997: 228
MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.


Palmatier 1972: 95
PALMATIER, Robert A. (1972) A Glossary for English Transformational Grammar. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. (GG)


Quirk etal. 1985: 219-220 (also "extrinsic modality", "intrinsic modality")
QUIRK, Randolph, GREENBAUM, Sidney, LEECH, Geoffrey, & SVARTNIK, Jan. (1985) A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language. London: Longman.


Richards etal. 1992: 232
RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT,  J. & WEBER,  H.  (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.


Trask 1993: 173 (#2)
TRASK, R. L. (1993) A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms in Linguistics. New York: Routledge.


Wales 1989: 302-303
WALES, Katie. (1989) A Dictionary of Stylistics. London: Longman. 


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