A corpus-based approach: An investigation into the marginal modals dare and need in British present-day English

Taeymans, Martine

doi:10.1075/tsl.59.06tae

In:Up and down the Cline – The Nature of Grammaticalization
Edited by Olga Fischer, Muriel Norde and Harry Perridon
[Typological Studies in Language 59] 2004
► pp. 97–114

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An investigation into the marginal modals dare and need in British present-day English

A corpus-based approach

Martine Taeymans

Published online: 28 May 2004

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.59.06tae

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