“Arguments That Could Possibly Be Urged”: Modal Verbs and Tentativeness in the <i>Coruña Corpus</i>
This paper complements previous research into the late Modern English scientific writing uses of the adverbs <i>possibly</i> and <i>perhaps</i> as manifestations of either subjectivity or intersubjectivity, as presented in the <i>Coruña Corpus of English Scient...
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MDPI AG
2019-07-01
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/4/3/57 |