French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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French word list

	auxiliant
	auxilié
	avalent
	avancé
	avancement
	avancer
	avant-plan
	avoir tendance à
	axe
	axe des combinaisons
	axe des sélections
	axe diachronique
	axe synchronique
	axe temporel
	axiologie

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English

modal verb

[Subentry of modal₁, verb₁]

Fr auxiliaire de mode, auxiliaire modal, modal₂, verbe modal

Synonym(s): modal₂, modal auxiliary

Related term(s): semi-auxiliary

Source(s): Akmajian etal. 1984: 372; Crystal 2003: 299; ELL: 2516, 2535-2536; Finch 2000: 119; Halliday & Hasan 1976: 170 (modal operator); Halliday 1994: 75-76 (modal operator); Lyons 1977: 791; Martin & Ringham 2006: 125; Matthews 1981: 182; Matthews 1997: 228; Palmatier 1972: 95; Quirk etal. 1985: 120; Richards etal. 1992: 232; Trask 1996: 25; Wales 1989: 302

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English word list

	mixed
	mnemonic
	mnemonics
	mobile
	mobility
	modal₁
	modal₂
	modality₁
	modality₂
	modality₃
	modalization
	modalized
	mode
	mode of action
	model

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