Description:
The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics 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.
Review Quotes:
"The new monograph [...] contributes to a better understanding of EMs [English modals] by appropriately combining linguistic theories and applying advanced rigorous quantitative methods. Consequently, this book is definitely a most cutting-edge one in studying EMs in terms of its theoretical and methodological significance and thus is strongly recommended to graduates and researchers interested in English grammar, corpus linguistics, construction grammar and related fields."
Ziheng Zhou & Deliang Wang, 2023, in Corpus Pragmatics 7, 297-302
"Models of Modals represents a valuable contribution to the fields of corpus linguistics and pragmatics, demonstrating the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration and the use of diverse empirical methods in the study of English modal verbs."
Yubin Quian, September 30, 2024, in SSR, http: //dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4971253
"Models of Modals is a welcome addition to the existing literature on modality and the English modal auxiliaries. The volume provides a rich sample of the advantages of many recent methods and statistical procedures for corpus analysis, and also shows the potential for improvement of automatic classification of the meanings of the modals by means of NLP's increasingly sophisticated techniques."
Marta Carretero, 2025, in English Language and Linguistics, 1-7, doi:10.1017/S1360674324000480