The semantics of the modal auxiliaries in English and Afrikaans : a contrastive analysis
This study represents an attempt to make explicit, within a contrastive perspective, the various types of meaning which can be expressed by the modal auxiliary verbs of English and Afrikaans. Chapter 1 investigates the potential of contrastive analysis for application in the field of foreign-lan...
Main Author: | Hubbard, Ernest Hilton |
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Language: | en |
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2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23814 |
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