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Valeur future des modaux en créole haïtien
Future Value of Modals in Haitian Creole

Author(s): Moles Paul
Subject(s): Language studies
Published by: Editura Politehnium
Keywords: future; modal; Haitian Creole; meaning; predicate;

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the question of modals in Haitian Creole and their future value. It is shown that beyond their deontic, epistemic and ‘abilitative’ values generally mentioned in the literature, these modals can also have future meaning effects which come from some of their uses and their interaction with stative and event predicates.

  • Issue Year: 4/2020
  • Issue No: 7-8
  • Page Range: 255-266
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: French
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