Book contents
- Modality in Mind
- Modality in Mind
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 0 Introduction
- 1 The Cognitive-Functional Approach
- 2 Qualifying States of Affairs
- 3 Modality Revisited
- 4 Attitudes
- 5 Beyond the Qualificational Hierarchy
- 6 (Inter)subjectivity, and More
- 7 Back to the Cognitive-Functional Approach
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Person Index
- Subject Index
6 - (Inter)subjectivity, and More
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2025
- Modality in Mind
- Modality in Mind
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- 0 Introduction
- 1 The Cognitive-Functional Approach
- 2 Qualifying States of Affairs
- 3 Modality Revisited
- 4 Attitudes
- 5 Beyond the Qualificational Hierarchy
- 6 (Inter)subjectivity, and More
- 7 Back to the Cognitive-Functional Approach
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Person Index
- Subject Index
Summary
Continuing the exploration of categories related to the attitudinal ones, yet going beyond them, this chapter focuses primarily on the concept of subjectivity, and secondarily on the related concept of mirativity. It revisits the distinction between subjective and objective modality as it is traditionally made in the literature. It offers an alternative analysis in terms of the concept of subjectivity vs. intersubjectivity. It also considers the relationship between (inter)subjectivity, as relevant for the attitudinal categories, and two other major notions of subjectivity, notably Traugott’s and Langacker’s. It argues that these different concepts concern different phenomena, although all of them are relevant for the domain of the attitudinal categories. The chapter moreover explores the status of (inter)subjectivity relative to the qualificational hierarchy. It thereby draws in mirativity, as a semantically similar dimension. And it reconsiders the status of experienced, hearsay and memory, as dimensions that share some relevant characteristics with (inter)subjectivity and mirativity.
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- Modality in Mind , pp. 195 - 232Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025