11.397, Qs: "May not"/British English, Italian Data Needed

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Subject: 11.397, Qs: "May not"/British English, Italian Data Needed

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Date:  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:52:37 +0900
From:  Kenji Kashino <YIB00161 at nifty.ne.jp>
Subject:  "may not"

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Date:  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:35:50 +0530
From:  tanyaroy <tanyaroy at mantraonline.com>
Subject:  Italian

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 13:52:37 +0900
From:  Kenji Kashino <YIB00161 at nifty.ne.jp>
Subject:  "may not"

Dear linguists,

I would be very grateful if you would answer the following question.
In its epistemic sense, "may not" means "It is possible that
...not...".  However, I have heard that in British English it can be
used in the sense of " It is not certain that ...", as in:

(1) A: Someone is knocking on the door.
    B: It must be John.
    A: It may not be John. It could be Bill.

Is this true?

With thanks in advance and best wishes,

Kenji Kashino
Professor of English Linguistics
Osaka Shoin Women's College
(YIB00161 at nifty.ne.jp)


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:35:50 +0530
From:  tanyaroy <tanyaroy at mantraonline.com>
Subject:  Italian


Can anyone help me get raw data on Italian native speakers and Italian
as L3?  I am specially interested in the word-order of "anche";
pronouns, articles and direct-indirect speech.

Thanks,
Tanya

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