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22.1 Introduction 22.1 Introduction
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22.2 Force dynamics 22.2 Force dynamics
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22.3 Mental spaces 22.3 Mental spaces
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22.4 Modality and mood in Cognitive Grammar 22.4 Modality and mood in Cognitive Grammar
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22.4.1 Grounding and tense 22.4.1 Grounding and tense
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22.4.2 Grounding, modal verbs, and mood 22.4.2 Grounding, modal verbs, and mood
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22.4.3 Subjectivity 22.4.3 Subjectivity
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22.5 Modality and mood in construction grammar(s) 22.5 Modality and mood in construction grammar(s)
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22.5.1 Complementation 22.5.1 Complementation
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22.5.2 Other modal constructions 22.5.2 Other modal constructions
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22.5.3 Sentence mood (illocution) 22.5.3 Sentence mood (illocution)
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22.6 Conclusion 22.6 Conclusion
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Abbreviations Abbreviations
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22 Modality and Mood in Cognitive Linguistics and Construction Grammars
Get accessRonny Boogaart is working as an assistant professor at the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL) of the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. His PhD research, conducted at the Free University in Amsterdam, dealt with the role of tense and aspect in discourse (Aspect and Temporal Ordering. A Contrastive Analysis of Dutch and English, 1999). His focus of attention, both then and now, is on the interplay of semantics and pragmatics in discourse interpretation. Taking a 'constructionist' view on grammar, he is currently concerned mainly with modal and conditional constructions. His publications include earlier handbook contributions on tense and aspect (with Theo Janssen, Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics) and on aspect and Aktionsart (Handbook of Morphology). He is editor in chief of the journal Nederlandse Taalkunde/Dutch Linguistics.
Egbert Fortuin is Associate Professor of Russian Linguistics at Leiden University, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the domain of semantics, pragmatics and syntax, with special reference to the Slavic languages. He has worked on various topics such as the imperative, modal constructions, degree expressions, verbal aspect, and word order.
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Published:12 November 2015
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Abstract
From the start of cognitive linguistics, in the 1980s, researchers working within this framework have given ample attention to mood and modality. This is understandable since these categories crucially involve speaker attitude and perspective and cognitive linguistics has always concerned itself with the ways in which language users present a subjective construal of reality. This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of how mood and modality are analyzed within different strands of cognitive linguistics, ranging from the models of force dynamics and Mental Spaces to Cognitive Grammar. Specific topics discussed include the polysemy of modal verbs, the analysis of tense as modality, and the highly detailed account of modal verbs offered by Langacker in terms of “grounding” and “subjectivity”. The emerging framework of construction grammar focuses on the linguistic contexts, that is constructions, in which modal forms are used, regarding these as constraints on polysemy.
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