TY - BOOK ID - 77919069 TI - Covert patterns of modality AU - Abraham, Werner. AU - Leiss, Elisabeth. PY - 2012 SN - 1443842915 9781443842914 9781443840590 1443840599 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Modality (Linguistics) KW - Linguistics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77919069 AB - This typological overview compares the degree to which different languages have means to give expression to modality (possibility, necessity) Otherout lexical and direct inflectional means. The criterial patterns derive from a variety of languages such as German, English, Chinese, French, Scandinavian, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Polish, and Gothic as well as Old High German. They encompass mainly the auxiliaries HAVE and BE, together Other either an infinitival embedding of a full verb linked ... ER -