An annotation scheme for dynamic modality in English and Spanish
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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- Maite Taboada (coord.)
- Susana Doval Suárez (coord.)
- Elsa González Álvarez (coord.)
Publisher: Equinox
ISBN: 9781908049759
Year of publication: 2013
Pages: 282-304
Type: Book chapter
Abstract
This chapter describes the results of a series of annotation experiments that focused on a number of prototypical expressions of dynamic modality in English and Spanish. This kind of modality is defined as possibility and necessity due to natural factors and comprises meanings such as inevitability, tendency, ability and circumstantial possibility.