Epistemic modality: a choice between alternative cognitive models

Pelyvás-Ferenczik, P.: Epistemic modality: a choice between alternative cognitive models.
Br. Am. stud. 17, 247-259, 2011.

DEA

title:

authors:

Pelyvás-Ferenczik Péter

corresponding author:

Pelyvás-Ferenczik Péter

published:

2011

type:

article

genre:

research article/review article

journal:

British and American Studies (ISSN: 1224-3086)

language:

English

HAC:

Humanities, Linguistics

subjects:

modalitás, cognitive predicates, epis temic grounding, ICM, reference point

abstract:

Cognitive linguistics, with its experience-related background can naturally broaden the view of epistemic modality from the traditional truth-oriented probability judgement 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 analyzes linguistic evidence of the processes that may be involved.

projects:

NI 68436