Abstract:Spoken in a multilingual environment characterised by continuous contacts with other languages, Singapore English
(SgE) is a singular object of study. Its modal system has also been developing in independent ways compared to inner-circle
varieties, e.g. British English, its historical ancestor. Different approaches have attempted to explain such developments,
including the substratist and the grammaticalisation approaches. The present paper explores both these approaches with the aim of
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