科技信息
科技信息
과기신식
SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INFORMATION
2012年
18期
204-205
,共2页
Can%ability%permission%possibility
Modal auxiliaries are widely used in English,the semantics of which is always changeable in different contexts.Can,a much-used form,generally conveys three meaning:ability,permission,and possibility.Basing on the Fuzzy-set Model Theory of Jennifer Coates,this paper makes a clear explanation of the three flexible meanings.
