Why will is not a modal

Natural Language Semantics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-155

  Kissine, Mikhail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assertion; Future tense; Genericity; Modality; Will

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949150038     PISSN: 0925854X     EISSN: 1572865X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11050-008-9028-0     Document Type: Article

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