Epistemics in German and English: Modal verbs

Abraham, Werner

doi:10.1075/la.47.04abr

In:Modality and its Interaction with the Verbal System
Edited by Sjef Barbiers, Frits Beukema and Wim van der Wurff
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today 47] 2002
► pp. 19–50

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Modal verbs

Epistemics in German and English

Werner Abraham | University of Groningen

Published online: 29 May 2002

https://doi.org/10.1075/la.47.04abr

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