Modals and quasi-modals in English / Peter Collins.
Modals and Quasi-modals in English reports the findings of a corpus-based study of the modals and a set of semantically-related ‘quasi-modals’ in English. The study is the largest and most comprehensive to date in this area, and is informed by recent developments in the study of modality, including...
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| Superior document: | Language and computers : studies in practical linguistics ; no. 67 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Language and computers ;
no. 67. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary material / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Introduction / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Theoretical preliminaries / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Necessity and obligation / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Possibility, permission and ability / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Prediction and volition / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Conclusion / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Appendix / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- References / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English
- Index / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English.