Modality and its surroundings in Sicilian: status quaestionis and research perspectives.

  • Luisa Amenta Università di Palermo
  • Luisa Brucale Università degli Studi di Palermo
  • Egle Mocciaro Masaryk University
Keywords: modality, modal encoding, modal verbs, Sicilian

Abstract

The paper proposes a review of studies on modality and modal encoding in Sicilian that takes into account both traditional dialectological works and those that have been concerned with investigating, in an in-depth and theoretically oriented manner, some specific areas of the modal domain. A collection of essays dedicated to the 'surroundings' of modality is also introduced here, within which the peripheries of the category are explored. In the surroundings of modality, its contiguity with other notional domains and its interactions with a variety of pragmatic domains are investigated, by considering the studies of recent decades that have devoted increasing attention to these topics.

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Published
2023-11-13
How to Cite
Amenta L., Brucale L. y Mocciaro E. (2023). Modality and its surroundings in Sicilian: status quaestionis and research perspectives. Cuadernos de Filología Italiana, 30, 9-23. https://doi.org/10.5209/cfit.83956