Meaning and the English Verb
โ Scribed by Leech, Geoffrey
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
cf. this question re: "evidentiality": Truth-neutral, truth-indifferent, & truth-committed verbs?
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