The syntax of the double modal construction. Battistella, E. L. Linguistica Atlantica, 17:19 – 44, January, 1995. abstract bibtex The double modal (DM) constructions of Southern US English are inventoried & analyzed, with focus on might could combinations, in the framework of recent developments in core grammar theory, drawing particularly on analyses of adverbs by Lisa Travis (see LLBA 22/4, 8808518) & of English negation by C. L. Baker (see LLBA 25/4, 9108709). Although might in DM constructions is like a modal verb with respect to negation & sequence of tenses, evidence of adverb placement, question inversion, & tags shows its nonmodal behavior. It is argued that DM might is neither an adverb nor part of an idiom, but a defective modal having morphological tense & licensed as an adverbial by peripheral head-feature licensing rules. An extension of Baker's analysis in a modified form to DM constructions supports the latter's view that the ordering of negatives is part of the periphery. 39 References. Adapted from the source document
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title = {The syntax of the double modal construction},
volume = {17},
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abstract = {The double modal (DM) constructions of Southern US English are inventoried \& analyzed, with focus on might could combinations, in the framework of recent developments in core grammar theory, drawing particularly on analyses of adverbs by Lisa Travis (see LLBA 22/4, 8808518) \& of English negation by C. L. Baker (see LLBA 25/4, 9108709). Although might in DM constructions is like a modal verb with respect to negation \& sequence of tenses, evidence of adverb placement, question inversion, \& tags shows its nonmodal behavior. It is argued that DM might is neither an adverb nor part of an idiom, but a defective modal having morphological tense \& licensed as an adverbial by peripheral head-feature licensing rules. An extension of Baker's analysis in a modified form to DM constructions supports the latter's view that the ordering of negatives is part of the periphery. 39 References. Adapted from the source document},
language = {English},
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journal = {Linguistica Atlantica},
author = {Battistella, Edwin L.},
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keywords = {American English, English language (Modern), English language Modern, Government Binding Theory, Grammatical Analysis, Grammatical Categories, Modal Verbs, Multiple modals, Negation, Regional Dialects, Southern American English dialect, Southern States, Syntactic Structures, Syntax, article, double modal auxiliary verb, southern US English double modal construction, grammar core /periphery},
pages = {19 -- 44},
}
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