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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hessini, Marguerite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas 1980-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/533