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Modal verbs in South Asian Online Englishes: Exploring the use of must, (have) got to, have to and need to

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
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The date and context of the Astronomer's Life of Louis the Pious

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 70-100, February 2026.
The Astronomer's Life of the emperor Louis the Pious (814–40) is a canonical source for scholars of Frankish history. It sits at the centre of recent debates about the nature and tone of Carolingian political discourse, and about the crisis of the empire in the 830s.
Simon MacLean
wiley   +1 more source

Cover Bills

open access: yesLegislative Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Legislators sometimes vote on bills that fail but, in the process, allow lawmakers to take an extreme position before ultimately voting to compromise. We call these proposals Cover Bills. Through two survey experiments, we show that primary voters are more supportive of a compromiser if that legislator first votes for a cover bill.
Nicolas Florez, Christian Fong
wiley   +1 more source

Prophetic Promise: The Lineal Return of ‘lopp’d branches’ in Shakespeare’s Cymbeline

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 55-75, February 2026.
Abstract This paper identifies the early‐modern conception of prophecy as a word‐magic performed across generations, a verbal promise that anticipates its own realisation in posterity. Just as Francis Bacon upheld the generative force of prophetic utterances by noting their ‘springing and germinant accomplishment throughout many ages’, Shakespeare’s ...
Rana Banna
wiley   +1 more source

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