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Modality and modal verbs in translation
2010The paper reports on findings from a recent study. On the basis of corpora, two legislative pair texts, the paper deals with the cross-linguistic issues about modals and modality in Croatian and English. In addressing the issue of modality in the two texts, the paper focuses on the semantic areas that include obligation and whether or not something is ...
Knežević, Božana, Brdar, Irena
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1994
This chapter discusses the following commonly occurring auxiliary verbs: poder to be able to, to be allowed to, can, could saber to know how to querer to want soler to be in the habit of deber must, ought to, should haber (que, de) to have ...
John Butt, Carmen Benjamin
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This chapter discusses the following commonly occurring auxiliary verbs: poder to be able to, to be allowed to, can, could saber to know how to querer to want soler to be in the habit of deber must, ought to, should haber (que, de) to have ...
John Butt, Carmen Benjamin
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Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 1990
In this paper it is argued that Catalan sequences of a (semi)-modal verb and an infinitive, which are traditionally known as RESTRUCTURING CONSTRUCTIONS, should be analyzed as base-generated monosentential complexes. It is claimed that in such complexes the infinitive verb, not the modal or the semi-modal, is the primary predicate determining the ...
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In this paper it is argued that Catalan sequences of a (semi)-modal verb and an infinitive, which are traditionally known as RESTRUCTURING CONSTRUCTIONS, should be analyzed as base-generated monosentential complexes. It is claimed that in such complexes the infinitive verb, not the modal or the semi-modal, is the primary predicate determining the ...
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Journal of Linguistics, 1969
In this paper we propose an analysis of the semantic structure of modal sentences in English. Central to this analysis is the notion of ‘speech act’. The notion of speech act derives principally from the work of J. L. Austin (cf. especially Austin, 1962).
Julian Boyd, J. P. Thorne
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In this paper we propose an analysis of the semantic structure of modal sentences in English. Central to this analysis is the notion of ‘speech act’. The notion of speech act derives principally from the work of J. L. Austin (cf. especially Austin, 1962).
Julian Boyd, J. P. Thorne
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Modal verbs in long verb clusters
2009This contribution explores the historical development of modal verbs in Dutch. As opposed to their English counterparts, modals in present-day Dutch may be non-finite, and may appear under other auxiliaries in long verb clusters. This was not the case in Old Germanic languages.
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MODAL VERBS AND MODE: THE GRAMMATICAL PHENOMENON THE MODAL VERBS AND MODALITY
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2001
We describe and compare the historical development and the current properties of German brauchen, Dutch hoeven and English need . Etymologically unrelated, these verbs have all developed from content verbs into auxiliary verbs, or have at least acquired the possibility to be used as auxiliaries.
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We describe and compare the historical development and the current properties of German brauchen, Dutch hoeven and English need . Etymologically unrelated, these verbs have all developed from content verbs into auxiliary verbs, or have at least acquired the possibility to be used as auxiliaries.
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