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Modal verbs and their meanings in Dutch first language acquisition

, 2013
Modal verbs appear early and frequently in child Dutch, especially the verbs kunnen (‘can’) and moeten (‘must’). In adult Dutch, modal verbs have several non-epistemic meanings. The question is whether modal verbs in child Dutch are already polysemous as
Child Language Seminar, Jonkers, Sara
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Modality and the Norwegian modal verbs

, 2012
Šioje disertacijoje tyrinėjama modalumo semantika, ypatingą dėmesį skiriant norvegų kalbos modaliniams veiksmažodžiams. Modalumas suvokiamas kaip kategorija, susijusi su žmonių požiūriu į propozicijų tikėtinumą (episteminis požiūris) ir į kliūčių įvykiams įvykti ar situacijoms susiklostyti buvimą ar nebuvimą (neepisteminis požiūris).
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Degree Orientation of Modal Verbs

, 2005
本文阐述了情态动词语义量值差异的基本概念,并指出情态动词在体现情态意义过程中表现出不同量值的语义选择。情态动词量值取向通常取决两方面的因素:1)功能动因主要表现在责任与期望程度、语义相对性和语体识别功能三个方面;2)认知动因主要表现在事物认识程度、认知复杂程度及否定命题转换三个方面。This paper discusses the basic concepts of variant degrees of modal verbs and puts forward that in the ...
魏本力
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Translators as mediators to mend the psychological gap between source text and target text: A corpus-based study on the Chinese English translation of modal verbs in the Chinese Report on the Work of the Government (2000-2022). [PDF]

PLoS One
Tian X.
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MODAL VERBS IN KEYNOTE SPEECHES OF PRESIDENTS OF RUSSIA (BASED ON PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY)

, 2018
L. Babenko, Alyona I. Kontorskikh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The semantic roots of positive polarity: epistemic modal verbs and adverbs in English, Greek and Italian

Linguistics and Philosophy, 2018
A. Giannakidou, A. Mari
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Have to / should : modal verbs of obligation

, 2005
An introduction to modal verbs of obligation, comprising explanatory text and associated ...
Paul Dyson
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The Use of Modal Verbs in Discourse of Economics

, 2016
Šī bakalaura darba mērķis bija analizēt funkcijas, kuras pilda modālie darbības vārdi ekonomikas diskursā kā arī noteikt visbiežāk lietotus modālos darbības vārdus analizējamajā diskursā.
Rešetova, Anastasija
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Are modal verbs adverbs?

Cahiers de praxématique
Morphologically, a modal verb is nothing more than a verb since it carries time, mood and person. However, from a functionalist perspective, we observe that the content of a modal verb, like that of an adverb, affects the relation of predication. This behavior is clearly not that of a verb, but rather that of an adverb.
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Unaccusativity and Grammatical Aspect: A Cross-Modal Lexical Priming Study. [PDF]

J Psycholinguist Res
Čordalija N, Bastiaanse R, Glatz T, Arslan S, Popov S.   +4 more
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