TY  - BOOK
AU  - F. R. Palmer
TI  - Modality and the English modals
T2  - Longman linguistics library
SN  - 0582551099
U1  - 425 P173m 
PY  - 1990///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Longman
KW  -  English language -- Modality.
KW  - English language -- Verb
KW  - Modality (Linguistics)
N2  - 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
ER  -