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Autor/in | Haegeman, Liliane |
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Titel | Observations on the Use of "Won't" in Modern English. |
Quelle | In: English Language Teaching Journal, 35 (1980) 1, S.48-51 |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
Schlagwörter | English (Second Language); Semantics; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); Syntax; Verbs |
Abstract | The construction "won't" is ambiguous: it can be a prediction by the speaker based on his assumptions, or it may be a report of what the expressed subject of "won't" said. "I talked to them and they won't come" could mean "I predict they won't come" or "they refused to come." (PJM) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |