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The development of modals of obligation and necessity in white South African English through contact with Afrikaans

Wasserman, Ronel; Van Rooy, Bertus (Sage, 2014)

This article draws attention to the uniqueness of modality in White South African English (WSAfE), when compared with other native English varieties. This uniqueness is found in the historical development of the modal ...