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Re-Assessing Modalising Expressions: Categories, co-text, and context
Edited by Pascal Hohaus and Rainer Schulze
[Studies in Language Companion Series 216] 2020
► pp. 1–16

Chapter 1
Modalising expressions and modality

An overview of trends and challenges

| Leibniz University Hannover
| Leibniz University Hannover
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Modalising expressions in English as an area of research
  • 3.Aim of the present volume
  • 4.Organisation of the present volume
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 12 November 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.216.01sch
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