'Semi modals' presentation slideshows

Diachronic study and language change

Diachronic study and language change. Corpus Linguistics Richard Xiao lancsxiaoz@googlemail.com. Aims of this session. Lecture Corpora vs. diachronic study The state of the art of corpus-based diachronic studies Case study: recent change in English grammar Lab session

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M DALS SEMI-M DALS

M DALS SEMI-M DALS. Part 1. Modals are helping verbs that do not change according to the tense and are always in the base form. I can He can They will She must. They are followed by the main verb, which is always in the base form. I can jump She should try It may rain . MODALS.

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Modals

Modals. Modals are words that add a specific meaning to the sentence. ?? Modals ?? ????? ???? ???? ???? ??? ??????. There are five modals:. 1- Can: (??????) it gives a meaning of ability ( ???? ) . Example: I can read English.

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