Monday, 21 August 2023

The Univariate Structure Of Modalised Verbal Groups

 Matthiessen (1995: 730):

Examples:
positive & finite: modal & unmarked focus & no secondary & active

 

Blogger Comments:

This misconstrues and misrepresents the univariate structure of these verbal groups. Because there is no secondary tense, there is only one element of univariate structure: the expression of modality:

would live

can see

α modal

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