目次

List of Abbreviations Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Setting up the Scene 1.2 Some Clarifications 1.3 Source of Data 1.4 Organization of the Book References Chapter Two Review of Previous Studies 2.1 Synopsis 2.2 Descriptive Studies on the Yídìng Family 2.3 English Adverbs of Modal Certainty 2.4 Summary References Chapter Three The Most General Case: Yídìng 3.1 Overview 3.2 Strong Epistemic Necessity and Intensification 3.2 Updating and Testing 3.4 Summary References Chapter Four Intra-sentential Resolution: Tiědìng 4.1 Overview 4.2 Default Reading and Intra-sentential Resolution Only 4.3 Formalization 4.4 Summary References Chapter Five Certainty Confirmation: Kěndìng 5.1 Overview 5.2 Certainty Confirmation and Subjectivity 5.2 Formalization 5.3 Summary References Chapter Six Certainty Expression: Dǔdìng 6.1 Overview 6.2 Certainty Expression 6.3 Formalization 6.4 Summary and Discussion References Chapter Seven causing: Bìrán 7.1 Overview 7.2 Discourse Factor: cause 7.3 Formalization 7.3 Summary References Chapter Eight Anti-causing: Bìdìng 8.1 Overview 8.2 Anti-cause 8.3 Formalization 8.4 Summary References Chapter Nine Underspecified Modal Base: Shìbì 9.1 Overview 9.2 Underspecified Modal Base 9.3 Formalization 9.4 Summary References Chapter Ten Addressee’s To-Do List: Wùbì 10.1 Overview 10.2 Imperative wùbì 10.3 Summary References Chapter Eleven Archaic Strong Modal Epistemic Necessity and Intensification: Bì 11.1 Overview 11.2 Strong Modal Necessity, Intensification and Archaic Usage 11.3 Formalization 11.4 Summary Chapter Twelve General Discussion 12.1 Overview 12.2 Syntactic Functions of the Yídìng Family 12.3 Comparison between English and Chinese 12.4 Underspecification concerning Epistemic and Deontic Modality 12.5 Backward vs. Forward Resolution 12.6 Summary References Chapter Thirteen Conclusion References