On the nature of the epistemic readings of the Italian modal verbs: the relationship between propositionality and inferential discourse relations

Cahiers Chronos

Volumn 13, Issue , 2005, Pages 229-246

  Rocci, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85055306584     PISSN: 13845357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789042029668_018     Document Type: Chapter

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