Modality in Alsatian
This descriptive study focuses on the special verbal category of Alsatian modal auxiliaries with distinct syntactic characteristics. They include:[kena] (can), [mesda] (would like to), [vela] (want to), [darfa] (be allowed to), [sola] (ought to/must), and [mi:n] (must). These modals specify the spea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Kansas
1980-01-01
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Series: | Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics |
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/533 |