The expression of modality in English

The purpose of this work is to examine the various ways in which modality is expressed in English. Firstly, the fundamental concept 'possible worlds' and a view of modality as 'relativization 1 is proposed. The way in which the concept of modality is related to utterance functions is...

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Main Author: Perkins, Michael
Published: University of South Wales 1980
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.279836