Modality and the V wh pattern

Research into modality has tended to focus on modal auxiliary verbs (modals) at the expense of other forms that may express modal meaning. This thesis takes a phraseological, exploratory approach to the investigation of modal meaning by focusing on modal expressions with verbs with wh-clause complem...

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Main Author: Vincent, Benet Donald
Published: University of Birmingham 2015
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669105