New book release

27/10/2022 06:08

Introduction to Modality in underdescribed languages: Methods and insights is in its first edition, launched by De Gruyter Mounton publishing company and organized by Jozina Vander Klock, Nubia Ferreira Rech and Simone Guesser – the second one, PPGL professor.

The 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 indicating the successes and challenges of their contributions.

The organizers thank the Postgraduate Programme in Linguistics from The Federal University of Santa Catarina (PROEX/CAPES) for their partial financial support.

For more information, click on the publishing company site, here.