03712oam 2200781I 450 991095492700332120190826145055.0978661259456497812825945621282594567978904202909590420290999781441606563144160656410.1163/9789042029095(CKB)1000000000755803(EBL)556446(OCoLC)659500170(SSID)ssj0000203893(PQKBManifestationID)12058302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203893(PQKBWorkID)10174456(PQKB)11130030(MiAaPQ)EBC556446(OCoLC)320340703(OCoLC)644525087(OCoLC)659500170(OCoLC)764536415(nllekb)BRILL9789042029095(Au-PeEL)EBL556446(CaPaEBR)ebr10380471(CaONFJC)MIL259456(EXLCZ)99100000000075580320090506d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrModals and quasi-modals in English /Peter Collins1st ed.Amsterdam ;New York, NY :Rodopi,2009.1 online resource (204 p.)Language and computers. Studies in practical linguistics ;no. 67Description based upon print version of record.9789042025325 9042025328 Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-190) and index.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.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.Language and Computers67.English languageGrammarStudy and teachingEnglish languageModalityCorpora (Linguistics)Corpora (Linguistics)fastEnglish languageGrammarStudy and teachingfastEnglish languageModalityfastEnglish languageGrammarStudy and teaching.English languageModality.Corpora (Linguistics)Corpora (Linguistics)English languageGrammarStudy and teaching.English languageModality.428.007Collins Peter1950-1786289NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910954927003321Modals and quasi-modals in English4317828UNINA