@ARTICLE{Wójcik_Agata_Modal_2002, author={Wójcik, Agata}, volume={vol. 23}, journal={LINGUISTICA SILESIANA}, pages={103-112}, howpublished={online}, year={2002}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk • Oddział w Katowicach}, abstract={The aim of this paper is a modest one, viz., it is an attempt to provide a succinct account of both syntactic and semantic characterisation of modal auxiliaries in Scots, one of the major sub-standard varieties of English. To achieve this goal I draw on the research work done in this specific area in the eighties and nineties.' The paper falls into two basic pans, of which the first focuses on the formal criteria of modal auxiliaries in Scottish English, whereas the second one concentrates on their semantic features. The object of my interest will comprise the following items: will, can, may, must, ought 10 and need.}, type={article}, title={Modal auxiliaries in Scottish English}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/132942/PDF/12_SILESIANA_23_Wojcik_MODAL.pdf}, }