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Publication details [#20951]
Vanparijs, Johan. 1987. Towards a pragmatic approach to modality: The case of permissive 'can' and 'may'. In Fornel, Michel De. Reference to persons in conversation. In : 131–140. : 229–238.
Annotation
On the relationship between permission as a modality type, and the kinds of illocutionary forces associated with its two major exponents in English, viz. `can' and `may'.