In spite of the vast literature on modality in English, very little research has been done on modal adverbs as a group. While there are studies of individual adverbs, the semantic and pragmatic relations between them have been left largely unexplored. This book takes a close look at the whole field of modal certainty as expressed by adverbs in English. On the basis of corpus data the most frequent adverbs of certainty, including certainly, indeed, and no doubt, are examined from the point of view of their syntactic, semantic and pragmatic characteristics.
Пособие представляет собой сборник упражнений по практической грамматике английского языка и предназначено для работы над темой «Модальные глаголы». Пособие предназначено для изучающих английский язык на высшем, среднем и продвинутом уровнях, преподавателей, всех совершенствующихся в языке.
The manual is a collection of exercises to practice grammar of English and is designed to work on the topic «Modal verbs». The exercises are based on material works of English and American writers. Along with the exercise of analytical and creative nature of a significant focus on exercises aimed at developing skills using modal verbs in the speech. The manual is intended for English language learners at the summit, intermediate and advanced levels, teachers, all sophisticated in the language. 90% ENGLISH CONTENT - WITH KEY!
In this text, a variety of modal logics at the sentential, first-order, and second-order levels are developed with clarity, precision and philosophical insight. All of the S1-S5 modal logics of Lewis and Langford, among others, are constructed. A matrix, or many-valued semantics, for sentential modal logic is formalized, and an important result that no finite matrix can characterize any of the standard modal logics is proven. Exercises, some of which show independence results, help to develop logical skills.
Practise Your Modal Verbs
by Mike Watkins A workbook to help you practice use of modal verbs - will, would, shall, should, ought to, can, could, might, may, must etc. (27 Units. Answers at end of book).