Modals and quasi-modals in English /
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,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
2009.
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Colección: | Language and computers ;
no. 67. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theoretical preliminaries; Chapter 3 Necessity and obligation; Chapter 4 Possibility, permission and ability; Chapter 5 Prediction and volition; Chapter 6 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.