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Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Modality is a grammatical, or semantic-grammatical, category. It is an important component of human languages. This is at least the case in most European langua
Language: en
Pages: 412
Pages: 412
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-13 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides
Language: en
Pages: 459
Pages: 459
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-12 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lith
Language: en
Pages: 233
Pages: 233
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-04 - Publisher: Routledge
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