<ATSKSWVIUIDUEOZTIBYDOTEFLJWFHTECESHHCOOIEN"ETTRRMFI"DG1Oo"""5SLHd4"0i"anT">"lig"tuy"i2s2ati0nk"dAiktstuIenllt/eLriancgtuioisnticwsitThodthaye,VVeorlbuamleSy4st7e"m" ModalityanditsInteractionwiththeVerbalSystem Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today (LA) provides a platform for original monograph studies into synchronic and diachronic linguistics. Studies in LA confrontempiricalandtheoreticalproblemsasthesearecurrentlydiscussedin syntax,semantics,morphology,phonology,andsystematicpragmaticswiththe aim to establish robust empirical generalizations within a universalistic perspective. SeriesEditor WernerAbraham UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley UniversityofVienna AdvisoryEditorialBoard GuglielmoCinque(UniversityofVenice) GüntherGrewendorf(J.W.Goethe-University,Frankfurt) LilianeHaegeman(UniversityofLille,France) HubertHaider(UniversityofSalzburg) ChristerPlatzack(UniversityofLund) IanRoberts(UniversityofStuttgart) KenSafir(RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswickNJ) LisadeMenaTravis(McGillUniversity) StenVikner(UniversityofAarhus) C.Jan-WouterZwart(UniversityofGroningen) Volume47 ModalityanditsInteractionwiththeVerbalSystem EditedbySjefBarbiers,FritsBeukemaandWimvanderWurff Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System Edited by Sjef Barbiers MeertensInstitute,RoyalDutchAcademyofSciences Frits Beukema Wim van der Wurff UniversityofLeiden JohnBenjaminsPublishingCompany Amsterdam(cid:1)/(cid:1)Philadelphia TM ThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican 8 NationalStandardforInformationSciences–PermanenceofPaperforPrinted LibraryMaterials,ansiz39.48-1984. 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JohnBenjaminsPublishingCo.·P.O.Box36224·1020meAmsterdam·TheNetherlands JohnBenjaminsNorthAmerica·P.O.Box27519·Philadelphiapa19118-0519·usa Table of contents Listofcontributors  Preface  Currentissuesinmodality: Anintroductiontomodalityanditsinteractionwiththeverbalsystem  SjefBarbiers Modalverbs:EpistemicsinGermanandEnglish  WernerAbraham Modalityandpolarity  SjefBarbiers Modals,objectsandnegationinlateMiddleEnglish  FritsBeukemaandWimvanderWurff OntheuseandinterpretationofrootinfinitivesinearlychildDutch  ElmaBlom ModalsandnegationinEnglish  AnnabelCormackandNeilSmith Systeminteractioninthecodingofmodality  ZygmuntFrajzyngier Modalityandtheoryofmind:Perspectivesfromlanguage developmentandautism  AnnaPapafragou NegativepolarityandmodalityinMiddleDutchghe-particle constructions  GertjanPostma (Negative)ImperativesinSlovene  MilenaMilojevi´cSheppardandMarijaGolden ModalityandmoodinMacedonian  OlgaMišeskaTomi´c Subjectindex  Nameindex  List of contributors WernerAbraham MarijaGolden Maitschern128, Kamniska4a2000Maribor, A-8942Wörschach,Austria Slovenia [email protected] [email protected] SjefBarbiers AnnaPapafragou MeertensInstituut InstituteforResearchin P.O.Box94264 CognitiveScience 1090GGAmsterdam, UniversityofPennsylvania TheNetherlands 3401WalnutStr.,Suite400A [email protected] Philadelphia,PA19104-6228 [email protected] FritsBeukema DepartmentofEnglish UniversityofLeiden GertjanPostma P.O.Box9515 DepartmentofDutch/Centreof 2300RALeiden, Linguistics TheNetherlands UniversityofLeiden [email protected] P.O.Box95152300RALeiden, TheNetherlands ElmaBlom [email protected] UtrechtInstituteofLinguistics/ OTS MilenaMilojevic´Sheppard Trans10,3512JKUtrecht, DepartmentofEnglishand TheNetherlands AmericanStudies [email protected] FacultyofArts UniversityofLjubljana AnnabelCormack Aškerc´eva2,61000Ljubljana, DepartmentofPhonetics&Linguistics Slovenia UniversityCollegeLondon [email protected] GowerStreet,LondonWC1E6BT, UnitedKingdom [email protected] NeilV.Smith DepartmentofPhoneticsand ZygmuntFrajzyngier Linguistics LinguisticsDepartment UniversityCollegeLondon Woodbury407(CampusBox295) GowerStreet,LondonWC1E6BT, Boulder,CO80309-0295U.S.A. GreatBritain [email protected] [email protected]  Listofcontributors OlgaMišeskaTomic´ WimvanderWurff SpinozaProjectLexiconandSyntax DepartmentofEnglish UniversityofLeiden UniversityofLeiden P.O.Box9515,2300RALeiden, P.O.Box9515,2300RALeiden, TheNetherlands TheNetherlands [email protected] [email protected] Preface Themajorityofthepapersincludedinthisvolumewerefirstpresentedatthe workshopon“Modalityin GenerativeGrammar”,which washeldduringthe 32nd annual meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea at the University of St Andrews (Scotland), 26–30 August 1998. We are very grateful to those contributorswhorespondedtoourcallforpapersandtoourvariousdeadlines forhandinginversionsoftheirpapers:theydeserveourwarmestthanks.The contributionsweresubsequentlyrefereedandrevisedinthelightofreviewers’ comments.Thevolumealsocontainsanumberofinvitedpapers,byZygmunt Frajzyngier,AnnabelCormackandNeilSmith,andAnnaPapafragou. Ourdebttothelinguistswhoassistedusinthereviewingprocessisenor- mous.Theirhelpwasfreelyandgenerouslygiven;withoutitthevolumecould nothavecomeabout. The editing processwas originally in the hands of Sjef Barbiersand Frits Beukema;inSeptember2000WimvanderWurffjoinedthem,andhelpedto preparethevolumeforthepress. SjefBarbiers FritsBeukema WimvanderWurff