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Keiichi ETO
Department Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages , Department of English Studies for Careers Position Assistant Professor-lecturer |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2005/03 |
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| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | A Monosemous Approach to English Modals: with special reference to may and can |
| Contribution Type | Single author |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Publisher | 修士論文(京都外国語大学) |
| Author and coauthor | Keiichi Eto |
| Details | This paper discusses the possibility of applying a monosemous approach to the analysis of may and can. The modals' structure has the same unitary semantic content with two different modal interpretations: subjectivity and objectivity. Based on the subjective and objective modalities, the author provides reasonable explanations for the difference between may and can. |