Date: Thu, 30 Jun 1994 10:27:22 GMT+1200

From: Tim Behrend ASI_BEH[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCNOV2.AUCKLAND.AC.NZ

Subject: Re: Double modals in Utah



One double modal that Keith Russel has certainly heard on numerous

occassions is found in a frequently quoted LDS scripture, from the

Book of Mormon, I think: "It must needs be that there is opposition

in all things." I'm not sure of the wording, but it goes something

along those lines. The important part is the -must needs- double

modal. My recollection is that this locution is quite productive as

a speech model in the formal register employed during sermons,

lessons, and similar narrational situations. My sense is that this

is true not only in Utah sub-dialects, but in LDS speech patterns

around the country generally.



Tim Behrend

Asian Languages and Literatures

University of Auckland