Social changes through the lens of language: A big data study of Chinese modal verbs [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Leech’s corpus-based comparison of English modal verbs from 1961 to 1992 showed the steep decline of all modal verbs together, which he ascribed to continuing changes towards a more equal and less authority-driven society.
Shan Wang, Ruhan Liu, Chu-Ren Huang
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A corpus-based study of modal verbs in Chinese–English governmental press conference interpreting [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This study investigates the use of modal verbs in Chinese–English government press conference (GPC) interpretation. Modal verbs mark the speaker’s opinion of or attitude toward the event described in a sentence.
Yifan Zhang, Andrew K. F. Cheung
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A Bayesian probabilistic analysis of the use of English modal verbs in L2 writing: Focusing on L1 influence and topic effects [PDF]
HeliyonModal verbs, with their multifaceted semantic nuances and varied grammatical configurations, present notable challenges for L2 learners and regularly intrigue L2 researchers. This study attempts to investigate and compare how English modal verbs are used
Fatih Ünal Bozdağ +2 more
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A Semantic Survey on Modal Verbs in Todays' Persian Language from a Typological Point of View [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2021 This study aimed at investigating the semantic aspect of modal verbs in today’s Persian language from a typological perspective, which provided us with an opportunity to compare the meanings of Persian modal verbs with those of the other languages.
Shahla Sharifi, Narjes Banou Sabouri
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Los verbos modales en español desde la perspectiva langackeriana [PDF]
Studia Romanistica, 2022 This article presents the problem of modal verbs in Spanish from the perspective of Langacker’s cognitive grammar. It focuses on the fundamental terms and deals with the problematic point of the theory: the temporal grounding of modal verbs ...
Adéla Smažíková
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Španělská modální slovesa z perspektivy R. W. Langackera: otázka konceptualizátora [PDF]
Časopis pro Moderní Filologii, 2023 This article presents the problem of modal verbs in Spanish from the perspective of Langacker’s cognitive grammar. Langacker defines modal verbs as grounding elements that can express implicit meanings and thus increase the degree of subjectivity of the ...
Adéla Smažíková
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Modality in the moves of the discussion section of research articles
Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023 Various studies have been conducted on the rhetorical mechanism of Research Articles (RAs). However, the use of modal verbs in the Discussion section of a Research Article (RA) has not been adequately addressed.
Ali Mansouri Nejad +1 more
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Semantic Mapping of Middle Persian Zoroastrian Modal Verbs based on Typological View [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2023 This article examines the Zoroastian Middle Persian modal verbs in terms of typology. The type of research is qualitative and its method is descriptive-analytical. The framework in this study is adapted from Nauze.
Narjes Banou Sabouri, Shahla Sharifi
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DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING GERMAN MODAL VERBS TO ECONOMICS STUDENTS [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2023 Modal verbs are an important chapter in learning German. The paper presents how the modal verbs are thought to the economics students in our university, emphasizing the common mistakes of the students and possible measures the teacher should take in ...
Adina SĂCARA-ONIŢA +1 more
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ISSUES OF MODAL VERBS TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH INTO UKRAINIAN [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні науки, 2020 The article deals with the peculiarities of translating modal verbs from English into Ukrainian, as well as from Ukrainian into English. The author proceeds from the fact that when translating modal verbs it is necessary to take into account their ...
Natalia I. Talan
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