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Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Enhance Vietnamese English-Major Undergraduates’ Learning of English Modal Verbs

open access: yesVietnam Journal of Education
English modal verbs (EMV) have long been regarded as a challenge for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners, partly due to the widely used conventional speech act teaching method.
Anh Kim Hoang, Nguyet Minh Thi Le
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Modal Auxiliaries as Stance-Taking Devices in Linguistics Research Articles: A Functional Contrastive Analysis

open access: yesLinguistik Online, 2018
The current paper is to report a study on modal auxiliaries as stance-taking devices applied in English linguistics research articles by native and Persian non-native writers. In doing so, 20 (10 in each group) research articles were selected.
Fatemeh Moafian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Grammaticalization of Modal Verbs in Brazilian Portuguese: A Synchronic Approach

open access: yes, 2016
This paper analyzes the grammaticalization of modal verbs in Brazilian Portuguese from a synchronic perspective. It takes as its point of departure the hypothesis that grammaticalization is a process in which linguistic elements widen their scope.
M. M. D. Hattnher, K. Hengeveld
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Complex Verbs are Different: Exploring the Visual Modality in Multi-Modal Models to Predict Compositionality

open access: yesMWE@EACL, 2017
This paper compares a neural network DSM relying on textual co-occurrences with a multi-modal model integrating visual information. We focus on nominal vs. verbal compounds, and zoom into lexical, empirical and perceptual target properties to explore the
Maximilian Köper   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

An Integrated Fabric‐Pneumatic Soft Sensing System for Multi‐Site Muscle Activity Decoding

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Fabric‐pneumatic chambers convert muscle deformation into pressure signals without electronics at the body‐contact sensing interface. A unified processing pipeline enables static posture classification, continuous elbow‐angle estimation, forearm gesture recognition, and knee‐movement detection across three anatomical sites.
Qifeng Xun   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of the use of phrasal verbs in English academic writing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
[[abstract]]  Phrasal verbs are usually considered as an informal feature in English. Textbook writers of English academic writing often suggest learners to avoid using phrasal verbs and to replace them with one-word verbs. Recently some researchers hold
魏峰帆, Feng-Fan Wei
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From Instruction to Inheritance: Scaling Robot Learning Through Knowledge Circulation

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Robot learning moves from one‐way instruction toward knowledge circulation. Humans teach robots, robots teach one another, and robots share acquired skills with humans. This perspective connects teaching, embodiment, and learning architectures to explore how knowledge is inherited, adapted, and enriched across agents, opening a path toward scalable ...
Kento Kawaharazuka   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Algerian Use of English Modals: The Case of Second Year Master Students of English at the University “Frères Mentouri”, Constantine 1

open access: yesRevue des Sciences Humaines, 2018
The acquisition and application of English modals in appropriate contexts are among the essential aspects of second and foreign language acquisition.
Salima SELMEN
doaj  

How Brazilian learners express modality through verbs and adverbs in their writing: a corpus-based study on n-grams

open access: yesDELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 2015
Based on the view of modality in the theoretical framework of descriptive syntax, this study examined a corpus of learners compared with a corpus of native speakers of English, aiming to identify different patterns of expression of modal meanings ...
Adriana Maria TENUTA   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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