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... modality is normally expressed within the clause , by a modal Adjunct such as possibly , or by a modal operator in the verbal group such as may , there is no hypotaxis involved ; but where modality is expressed by a separate clause ...
... modality is normally expressed within the clause , by a modal Adjunct such as possibly , or by a modal operator in the verbal group such as may , there is no hypotaxis involved ; but where modality is expressed by a separate clause ...
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... modal ' . It has no other functions , and cannot be a LEXICAL VERB . Hence may and may not have no lexical verb in them , and this is sufficient evidence to show that they are elliptical . Any verbal group not containing a lexical verb ...
... modal ' . It has no other functions , and cannot be a LEXICAL VERB . Hence may and may not have no lexical verb in them , and this is sufficient evidence to show that they are elliptical . Any verbal group not containing a lexical verb ...
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Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday, Ruqaiya Hasan. modal , among the various modal categories ) is a subcategory of ' finite ' , and is expressed by the presence or absence of a modal operator . In a ver- bal group with lexical ellipsis ...
Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday, Ruqaiya Hasan. modal , among the various modal categories ) is a subcategory of ' finite ' , and is expressed by the presence or absence of a modal operator . In a ver- bal group with lexical ellipsis ...
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adjectives Adjunct adverbs Alice anaphoric anaphoric reference cataphoric Chapter Classifier clausal substitution cohesive relation conjunctive relations context of situation contrast count noun Deictic demonstrative discourse discussed distinction elliptical clause elliptical form elliptical group elliptical nominal group endophoric English environment Epithet example exophoric reference explicit expressed fact finite functioning as Head grammatical hence hypotactic hypotaxis identity indefinite article instances interpretation J. B. Priestley John kind language lexical cohesion lexical ellipsis lexical item lexical verb lexicogrammatical linguistic Mary mass nouns meaning modal negative nominal substitute non-elliptical non-finite noun Numerative occur operator ellipsis patterns plural polarity possible preceding text present presupposed clause presupposed group presupposed item presupposition pro-verb pronoun question reference item referential repudiated sense sentence simply speaker specific speech substitute form substitution and ellipsis tense textual texture thing tion tonic types of cohesion typically verbal ellipsis verbal group verbal substitute whereas word