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 Engli...
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Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
M. de Gruyter,
2009
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Series: | Topics in English linguistics ;
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |