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A Constructional Approach to Interpersonal Metaphor of Modality

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Authors:
  1. Jian Hu

    1. School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University, Beijing, China

  • Focuses on metaphor of modality phenomenon
  • Introduces a corpus-based constructional approach to grammatical metaphor
  • Combines the comprehensive empirical data and broader generalization of lexicogrammatical forms

Part of the book series: Peking University Linguistics Research (PKULR, volume 7)

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This book is a current and comprehensive study that incorporates constructional frameworks to inquire grammatical metaphor of modality (MM) for more adequate description and explanation of grammatical metaphor. It conducts semantic analysis of MM via a refined cognitive model and investigation of its lexicogrammatical forms from corpus-based constructional approach. The result is a reliable and systemic record of MM in real use, coupled with theoretical refinement from a cognitive perspective to illuminate its ‘metaphoricity’ motivation. The constructional approach and methodology exemplified in this book provide fresh insights, rich data, and a feasible solution for the adequate description and explanation of grammatical metaphor phenomena and the form-meaning interactive complexity in modality.

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 1-6

  3. GM Theory and Interpersonal Metaphor of Modality

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 7-27

  4. Towards a Constructional Approach to Metaphor of Modality

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 29-49

  5. The Semantic Motivation of MM

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 51-65

  6. The Lexical and Syntactic Properties of MM

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 67-104

  7. The Pragmatics and Discourse Functions of MM

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 105-138

  8. Conclusion

    • Jian Hu
    Pages 139-143

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 145-171
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  • School of Foreign Languages, Beihang University, Beijing, China

    Jian Hu

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Hu Jian is an associate professor of linguistics at Beihang University. She holds a doctor’s degree in English. Her ongoing area of research includes systemic functional linguistics and cognitive linguistics, with particular interest in interaction among semantics, lexicogrammar, and discourse functions. She is the author of a monograph on metaphors of modality and a series of journal articles on grammatical metaphor and functional studies of languages. She had worked as a researcher at Department of Cognitive Science, Case Western Reserve University, USA.

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