EPISTEMIC MODALITY: A CHOICE BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE COGNITIVE MODELS
EPISTEMIC MODALITY: A CHOICE BETWEEN ALTERNATIVE COGNITIVE MODELS
Author(s): Péter PelyvásSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: cognitive predicates; epistemic grounding; ICM; ‘raising’; reference point
Summary/Abstract: Cognitive linguistics, with its experience-related background can naturally broaden the view of epistemic modality from the traditional truth-oriented probability judgment to the speaker’s assessment of what is going on: a choice between alternative cognitive models. The speaker has to find an appropriate relationship and choose a set of participants from among a number of potential candidates. The paper will analyze linguistic evidence of some processes that may be involved.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 17
- Page Range: 247-259
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
