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Publication details [#9528]

Tregidgo, P.S. 1982. 'Must' and 'may': Demand and permission. Lingua 56 (1) : 75–92.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
deontic modality | epistemic modality | permitting | requesting
Language as a subject
English
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Annotation

It is argued that the basically deontic function of 'must' and 'may' is easily detectable in all their uses including the epistemic.