On the use of the modal auxiliaries Can and May in American English

Kytö, Merja

doi:10.1075/cilt.53.13kyt

In:Diversity and Diachrony
David Sankoff
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 53] 1986
► pp. 123–138

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On the use of the modal auxiliaries Can and May in American English

Merja Kytö

Published online: 1 January 1986

https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.53.13kyt

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