Modal verbs are easy to spot because there are so few of them. In addition to must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may and might, we can add ought to and have to. If we are told that we 'must ...

Epistemic modality refers to the linguistic means by which speakers express degrees of certainty, probability or belief regarding a proposition. It intricately links language structure with cognitive ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Modal auxiliaries in spoken Arabic usually embed verbs in the unmarked imperfect. Yet Kristen Brustad (2000) has documented modals embedding ...