The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors ofTopics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies, which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.

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Roberta Facchinetti is Associate Professor at the University of Verona, Italy.

Manfred Krug is Associate Professor at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Frank R. Palmer is Professor Emeritus at the University of Reading, UK.

PrefaceRoberta Facchinetti, Manfred Krug, Frank Palmer

Modality in English: theoretical, descriptive and typological issuesFrank Palmer

The semantics and pragmatics of core modal verbs

Irrealis, past time reference and modalityPaul Larreya

Modal auxiliary constructions, TAM and interrogativesRichard Matthews

A pragmatic analysis of the epistemic would construction in EnglishGregory Ward, Betty J. Birner, Jeffrey P. Kaplan

Towards a contextual micro-analysis of the non-equivalence of might and couldStéphane Gresset

On two distinct uses of go as a conjoined marker of evaluative modalityPhilippe Bourdin

Had better and might as well: on the margins of modality?Keith Mitchell

What you and I want: A functional approach to verb complementation of modal want toHeidi Verplaetse

Between epistemic modality and degree: the case of reallyCarita Paradis

Stylistic variation and change

Modality on the move: the English modal auxiliaries 1961-1992Geoffrey Leech