ELOPE, 2008 The paper presents the systems of modal verbs in Slovene and English, and it focuses on comprehension and usage problems that advanced students of English may have when dealing with modal verb constructions.
Gašper Ilc
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Modality and facivity : One perspective on the meaning of the English modal auxiliaries [PDF]
, 1987 This study concentrates on modality as expressed by the set of modal auxiliaries and seeks to establish that these verbs share semantic as well as syntactic properties by identifying a single core meaning which they share.
Brewer, Nicola M.
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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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The Introduction of Modal Verbs in English Textbooks Across Levels in China
SAGE OpenThe introduction of modal verbs in English textbooks across levels in China was surveyed and compared with Chinese learners’ use in writing to explore the potential impact of textbook introduction on learners’ real use.
Xia Gao
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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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Modal Verbs in Sustainability Reports by the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford
Bergen Language and Linguistics Studies, 2023 This article presents and discusses a study on modal verbs in sustainability reports that are communicated online by the University of Cambridge (UC) and the University of Oxford (UO) in the United Kingdom.
Oleksandr (Alexander) Kapranov
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Might and might not: Children's conceptual development and the acquisition of modal verbs
Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 2022 When a child acquires her first modal verbs, is she learning how to map words in the language she is learning onto innate concepts of possibility, necessity, and impossibility? Or does she also have to construct modal concepts?
Brian Leahy, Eimantas Zalnieriunas
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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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