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Publication details [#10554]

Butler, Christopher S. 1988. Politeness and the semantics of modalised directives in English. In Cummings, M.J. and W.S. Greaves, eds. Linguistics in a systemic perspective. John Benjamins. pp. 119–153.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

directive | modal verb | politeness | systemic grammar

Language as a subject

Annotation

An analysis from a systemic perspective of realizations of directives which contain a modal verb.