{"product_id":"the-semantics-of-the-modal-jennifer-coates-9781138989986","title":"The Semantics of the Modal Auxiliaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe analysis of a corpus of a 'real' language brings the analyst face-to-face with a problem which has frequently been avoided or ignored in theoretical semantics: language is not an orderly phenomenon, and, as far as meaning is concerned, indeterminacy seems to be a feature of all languages. But it is one thing to recognise the existence of indeterminacy, and another to deal with it adequately. Semantic analysis conventionally consists in distinguishing one meaning from another, in recognising discrete categories, but the acknowledgement of indeterminacy explicitly denies the existence of such discrete categories. This book examines in detail this problem and its relationship to a study of modals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Coates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138989983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138989986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.57d","brand":"Jennifer Coates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48087798317311,"sku":"9781138989986","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc1eb97e-0295-457d-ace1-ab4a78398cda.jpg?v=1769101438","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-semantics-of-the-modal-jennifer-coates-9781138989986","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}