Modal verbs are easy to spot because there are so few of them. In addition to must, shall, will, should, would, can, could, may and might, we can add ought to and have to. If we are told that we 'must ...

Language Acquisition, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2007), pp. 75-113 (39 pages) This article focuses on the meaning of nonfinite clauses ("root infinitives") in Dutch and English child language. I present ...

Speaker 1: (TO AUDIENCE) So we're writing our end of year reports, for the children that are ready to leave and go to school in September. Speaker 2: (TO OTHER PEOPLE) I'm on the area for improvement ...

There are three basic kinds of verbs plus many subclasses. Here we cover only the three basic types. Initially, verbs are divided into main verbs and auxiliary verbs. Then auxiliary verbs are divided ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Modal auxiliaries in spoken Arabic usually embed verbs in the unmarked imperfect. Yet Kristen Brustad (2000) has documented modals embedding ...