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13. On Kratzer’s “The Notional Category of Modality”

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Abstract

A. Kratzer’s “The Notional Category of Modality” (NCM) develops a unified analysis of modals and conditionals, which has come to be the classic approach to modality in linguistic semantics and beyond. This chapter presents an overview of NCM’s main contributions and clarifies the motivations behind particular analytical choices, concentrating on the role of conversational backgrounds in the theory. It also highlights new research that has enriched the framework or raised outstanding issues.

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Title
On Kratzer’s “The Notional Category of Modality”
Author
Cleo Condoravdi
Copyright Year
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85308-2_13
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