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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.
Cheung Andrew K F
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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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Cogent Education, 2022 This study aims to examine how Chinese learners develop in their use and misuse of English modal verbs from Grade 7 to 9. Specifically, it examines form-function connections and explores the factors behind learners’ development.
Lexi Xiaoduo Li
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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
Junhua Mo
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Epistemic Future and epistemic modal verbs in Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2020 This paper discusses the semantics of two epistemic operators in Portuguese: the epistemic Future and modal verbs. The idea sustained in the literature for other languages that the epistemic Future has the same semantics as the modal verb (equivalent to)
Rui Marques
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Analysis of a Grammatical Category in English—Modal Verbs
Open Journal of Social Sciences, 2021 This article aims at introducing the modal verbs, analysing the difficulties in teaching and providing instructional implications for teaching modals from three aspects, namely, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.
Yiming Shan
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Subjective and intersubjective modality: a quantitative approach to Spanish modal verbs
Studia Neophilologica, 2020 This paper presents a semantic analysis of the Spanish modal verbs deber ‘must’ and tener que ‘have to’, based on their deontic uses in parliamentary debates. These verbs have previously been described in terms of weak vs. strong necessity or internal vs.
Miriam Thegel, Josefin Lindgren
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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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Frequency and Variability in the Use of Modal Verbs in Zimbabwean English
Corpus PragmaticsThis corpus-based exploratory study examines modal verbs in Zimbabwean English (ZimE), and British English, to determine whether there are variations in use between the two varieties.
Faith Chiedza Chapwanya, Joanine Nel
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