Main description: This volume presents strongly empirical, corpus-based studies of a range of English modal auxiliaries and modal constructions in specific uses

This book offers original theoretical accounts and a wealth of descriptive information concerning modality in present-day English. At the same time, it provides

A detailed account of the many uses and functions of these verbs. The nature of modality, and some controversial issues, are also discussed.

This new study on modality in English represents a departure from more traditional approaches to the subject, where the modal auxiliaries have been the usual fo

The book presents new issues and areas of work in modality and evidentiality in English(es), and in relation to other European languages (French, Galician, Lith