Modality and the English modals

F. R. Palmer

Modality and the English modals - London, New York Longman 1990 - 196p 22cm - Longman linguistics library. .

This is the result of an investigation of a set of written and spoken texts in order to attain a solution to the problem of the system of modals. The texts are drawn from the Survey of English Usage in University College London. This edition has been revised and the theoretical chapters rewritten.

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English language -- Modality.
English language -- Verb.
Modality (Linguistics)

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