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Lars Hermerén, On modality in English: a study of the semantics of the modals. (Lund studies in English,53.) Lund: Gleerup, 1978. Pp. 195.

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Lars Hermerén, On modality in English: a study of the semantics of the modals. (Lund studies in English,53.) Lund: Gleerup, 1978. Pp. 195.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Herman Wekker
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Department of English, University of Nijmegen

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