DISCOURSE MODALITY -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1. Analytical Framework -- CHAPTER 1. Introduction -- 1. Introductory Remarks -- 2. Modal Characteristics of Language -- 2.1. Language as Social Interaction--Interactionality -- 2.2. Language as Subjective Expression--Subjectivity -- 2.3. Between Interactionality and Subjectivity--Constructing the Non-autonomous Self -- 2.4. Language as Discourse--Textuality -- 2.5. Modality-centered View of Language--Emotionality and Personal Voice -- 3. Data -- 4. Organization of the Study -- CHAPTER 2. From Modality to Discourse Modality -- 1. Concept of Modality -- 1.1. Modality--Japanese View -- 1.2. Modality--Western View -- 2. Concept of Discourse Modality -- 2.1. Toward a Concept of Discourse Modality -- 2.2. Defining Discourse Modality -- 2.3. Discourse Modality as Scene -- 2.4. The Concept of Place in Linguistics and Philosophy -- 3. Discourse Modality Indicators -- 4. Aspects of Discourse Modality -- 4.1. Information Qualification -- 4.1.1. Perspective -- 4.1.2. Information Status -- 4.1.3. Epistemic Modality -- 4.1.4. Discourse Cohesion -- 4.2. Speech Action Declaration and Qualification -- 4.3. Participatory Control -- 4.3.1. Exchange Structure -- 4.3.2. Designing Speaker Turns -- 4.4. Interactional Appeal -- 4.4.1. Personal Emotion -- 4.4.2. Sociolinguistic Style -- 5. Modal Contextualization: Its Process -- 6. Methodological Issues -- Part 2. Analysis of DM Indicators -- CHAPTER 3. Discourse Connectives Dakara and Datte -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Dakara -- 2.1. Dakara and the Concept of Causality -- 2.2. Dakara in Casual Conversation -- 2.3. Dakara in Dialogues of Fiction -- 2.4. The Semantic Source of Dakara: Signaling Cause/Result and Explanation Sequences -- 2.5. Interactional Functions of Dakara.

2.6. Functions of Dakara and Discourse Types -- 2.7. Dakara as a Discourse Modality Indicator -- 3. Datte -- 3.1. Distributional Characteristics of Datte -- 3.2. The Semantic Source of Datte: Declaring Self-justification -- 3.3. Discourse Functions of Datte -- 3.4. Interactional Functions of Datte -- 3.5. Datte as a Discourse Modality Indicator -- 4. Dakara and Datte in Contrast -- CHAPTER 4. Modal Adverts Yahari/Yappari and Doose -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Yahari/Yappari -- 3.1. Distributional Characteristics of Yahari/Yappari -- 3.2. The Semantic Source of Yahari/Yappari: Recognizing Realized Expectations -- 3.3. Discourse Functions of Yahari/Yappari -- 3.4. Interactional Functions of Yahari/Yappari -- 3.5. Yahari/Yappari as a Discourse Modality Indicator -- 4. Doose -- 4.1. Distributional Characteristics of Doose -- 4.2. The Semantic Source of Doose: Expressing a Fatalistic Speculation -- 4.3. Doose as a Discourse Modality Indicator -- CHAPTER 5. Style as Discourse Modality: Da and Desu/Masu Verb Forms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. The Da and Desu/Masu Mixture in Casual Conversation -- 4. The Da and Desu/Masu Mixture in Dialogues of Fiction -- 5. The Da and Desu/Masu Mixture in Literary Essay -- 6. Ontological Basis for the Verb Morphology -- 7. Style as Discourse Modality -- CHAPTER 6. Interactional Particles Yo and Ne -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Distributional Characteristics of Yo and Ne and Relative Information Accessibility and/or Possessorship -- 4. Relative Information Accessibility and/or Possessorship and Related Concepts -- 5. Functional Sources of Yo and Ne: Manipulating Information versus Interaction Focus -- 6. Mixture of Yo and Ne and Conversation Management -- 7. Particles Yo and Ne as Devices for Discourse Modality Manipulation -- CHAPTER 7. To Yuu in the Clause-Noun Combination.

1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 2. Distributional Characteristics of To Yuu -- 4. To Yuu as a Bridge between "Saying" and "Describing" -- 5. To Yuu and the Narrative Voice -- 6. Discourse Functions of To Yuu -- 7. Interpersonal Functions of the Variants of To Yuu -- 8. To Yuu as a Device for Discourse Modality Manipulation -- Part 3. Reflections -- CHAPTER 8. Discourse Modality in Perspective -- 1. Subjectivity, Emotion and Voice in Language -- 2. Sources and the Nature of Emotionality and Interactionality -- 3. Personalization of Discourse and the Structure of the Japanese Language -- 4. Discourse Modality in Cross-cultural Communication -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1 -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- CHAPTER 7 -- CHAPTER 8 -- References -- Data References -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- The series Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.