A corpus-based analysis of the modal can with the perfect in American English from a synchronic and diachronic perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/00393274.2020.1846613
Abstract: ABSTRACT The paper discusses an analysis of the modal predicate with can and the perfect in American English. The study uses language samples excerpted from The Corpus of Contemporary American English and The Corpus of… read more here.
Keywords: synchronic diachronic; analysis modal; perfect american; american english ... See more keywords