"Can" is a modal verb.
Let's look at a simple example: the modal verb "can". When we use the positive form of "can" we quickly glide over the can and it is hardly pronounced.
The results confirmed his hypothesis on the use of modal verbs.
There are various new introductions including modal verbs, auxiliary verbs and word order.
Guided by grammaticalization theories, this thesis investigates the grammaticalization of probability-epistemic modal verbs in Chinese.
