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,...

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Main Author: Collins, Peter, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2009.
Series:Language and computers ; no. 67.
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490 1 |a Language and computers. Studies in practical linguistics ;  |v no. 67 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-190) and index. 
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505 0 |a 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. 
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