Pierre Cotte
List of John Benjamins publications in which Pierre Cotte is involved.
Articles
2025 Preterite-presents and modality Possibility and Necessity: Concepts and expressions of modality, Albrespit, Jean, Christelle Lacassain and Tracey Simpson (eds.), pp. 140–165 | Chapter
Old English verbs expressing root possibility and necessity were irregular verbs whose present tense had a preterite morphology. The paper considers this expression of modality by ‘preterite-presents’, assuming that this preterite had a perfect meaning and that the grammar of the modal verbs… read more
