Publications
Publication details [#2867]
Duffley, Patrick, Sandra Clarke and Walter H. Hirtle. 1981. 'May', 'can' and the expression of permission. The Canadian Journal of Linguistics/La Revue Canadienne de Linguistique 26 (2) : 179–193. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
A pragmatic analysis leading to the observation of a very real distinction (to be situated on a temporal dimension) between 'may' and 'can' in the permission sense.