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Publication details [#5985]

Larreya, Paul. 1981. Sémantique, pragmatique et actes indirects de langage. In Roux, Louis, ed. Travaux XXIX: Sept études de linguistique anglaise. CIEREC (Université de Saint-Etienne). pp. 91–103.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
French
Keywords
indirect speech act | modality
Language as a subject
English | French

Annotation

In indirect speech acts, 'can' belongs to 'implicative modality'; it does not differ from 'be able to' pragmatically, but semantically.