A Constructional Approach to Interpersonal Metaphor of Modality

This book is a current and comprehensive study that incorporates constructional frameworks to inquire grammatical metaphor of modality (MM) for more adequate description and explanation of grammatical metaphor. It conducts semantic analysis of MM via a refined cognitive model and investigation of it...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hu, Jian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Peking University Linguistics Research
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Grammatical Metaphor and Metaphors of Modality
  • Chapter 3. A new proposal for modelling metaphors of modality as constructions
  • Chapter 4. The semantics of Modal Metaphors
  • Chapter 5. The lexico grammatical forms of MM
  • Chapter 6. The functional accounts of MM
  • Chapter 7. Conclusions