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Autore |
Collins Peter <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Modals and quasi-modals in English [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Collins |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Amsterdam ; ; New York, NY, : Rodopi, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-59456-7 |
9786612594564 |
90-420-2909-9 |
1-4416-0656-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (204 p.) |
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Collana |
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Language and computers : studies in practical linguistics ; ; no. 67 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Corpora (Linguistics) |
English language - Grammaticalization |
English language - Modality |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-190) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary material / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Introduction / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Theoretical preliminaries / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Necessity and obligation / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Possibility, permission and ability / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Prediction and volition / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Conclusion / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Appendix / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- References / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English -- Index / Editors Modals and Quasi-modals in English. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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