Epistemic mustn’t in English

It is a widespread claim in the literature that there does not exist an epistemic use of the modal verb mustn’t in English. Instead, the form can’t is said to fill the gap in the system. This paper shows that there is an epistemic use of mustn’t in Present-day English, investigates the contexts in...

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Main Author: Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Ediciones Complutense 2023-04-01
Series:Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación
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Online Access:https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/CLAC/article/view/88221