Epistemic Future and epistemic modal verbs in Portuguese

This paper discusses the semantics of two epistemic operators in Portuguese: the epistemic Future and modal verbs. The idea sustained in the literature for other languages that the epistemic Future has the same semantics as the modal verb (equivalent to) MUST does not account for the Portuguese data...

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Main Author: Rui Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
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Online Access:https://jpl.letras.ulisboa.pt/articles/243