“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>Coru&#241;a Corpus of English Scient...

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Main Authors: Isabel Moskowich, Begoña Crespo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Languages
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/4/3/57