‘Good’ Is ‘Possible’: A Case Study of the Modal Uses of ‘Good’ in Shaoxing
This paper sets out to investigate the modal uses of the lexeme <i>hɒ<sup>3</sup></i> ‘good’ in the Jidong Shaoxing variety of Wu and to reconstruct its grammaticalization pathway. Modal meanings of <i>hɒ<sup>3</sup></i> include circumstantial possibil...
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MDPI AG
2023-07-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/8/3/177 |