Modality in English theory and description /
This volume presents two kinds of studies on English modality. On the one hand, there are strongly empirical, corpus-based studies of individual uses of English modal auxiliaries and modal constructions, such as may in interrogatives, might in concessive clauses, shall and may vs must in legal Engl...
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
c2009
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Edition: | 1st ed |
Series: | Topics in English linguistics ;
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