Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 193 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1282594567
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9781282594562
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9789042029095
Series Statement:
Language and computers 67
Content:
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 grammaticalization and recent diachronic change. The selection of the parallel corpora used, representing British, American and Australian English, was designed to facilitate the exploration of both regional and stylistic variation
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-190) and index
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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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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282594435
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789042025325
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Collins, Peter, 1950 - Modals and quasi-modals in English Amsterdam [u.a.] : Rodopi, 2009 ISBN 9789042025325
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/9789042029095
