Lexical variation in Philippine English: The case of deontic must and have to
This paper investigates the synchronic nature of lexical variation in the deontic modality system of Philippine English (PhE). Focusing on MUST and HAVE TO, grammatical and frequency analyses of spoken and written texts in PhE support the claim that modal auxiliaries are experiencing a decline in us...
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11096 |
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| Institution: | De La Salle University |