Modality in Underdescribed Languages by Jozina Vander Klok, N... - 9783111631691

Modality in Underdescribed LanguagesMethods and Insights\nAuthor(s): Jozina Vander Klok, Nbia Ferreira Rech, Simone Guesser\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, Germany\nImprint: De Gruyter Mouton\nISBN-13: 9783111631691, 978-3111631691\nSynopsis\nCurrent semantic fieldwork research has shown that the study of modality cannot be conducted via translation alone, yet much of what we know about modal expressions across the worlds language is still translation-based. This book aims to facilitate the study of modality across more diverse languages and a wider participant base by explaining and illustrating a nuanced set of methods, including storyboards, questionnaires, corpora research, experimental tasks, as well as a discussion of practical semantic fieldwork techniques. The methodological protocols tested and employed by the authors on underdescribed languages - spanning seven different language families - are intended to be applicable as cross-linguistic tools, while also indic.