Modal expressions in English. By Michael R. Perkins Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1983. Pp. xi, 183. $18.50.
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This work, which is both theoretical and descriptive, covers the entire range of modal expressions in English and supplemented by an assessment of how such an analysis is relevant to pragmatic and developmental perspectives on the expression of modality.
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This work, which is both theoretical and descriptive, covers the entire range of modal expressions in English. It is organized so that the more general issues are dealt with first, followed by a more detailed analysis of the semantics of modal expressions. It is then supplemented by an assessment of how such an analysis is relevant to pragmatic and developmental perspectives on the expression of modality.