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Publication details [#7046]

Ney, James W. 1979. Capability, possibility and permission in the English modals 'can' and 'could'. General Linguistics 19 (3) : 115–130.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
capability | permission | possibility
Language as a subject
English

Annotation

On the meaning and usage of 'can' and 'could'.