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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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East-West Cultural Passage, 2022 The article introduces and discusses a computer-assisted study that seeks to shed light on the frequency and use of the central modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would) in research article (further: RA) abstracts in applied ...
Oleksandr (Alexander) Kapranov
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Semi-Lexical Heads in Czech Modal Structures [PDF]
, 2008 A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for the degree of Doctor of PhilosophyThis thesis argues for a semi-lexical interpretation of Czech modal verbs. It demonstrates that Czech modals participate
Kyncl, Jaroslav
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Modal verbs in academic papers in the field of tourism
Revista Signos, 2021 10.4067/S0718-09342021000200549 Abstract The present study examines modal verb meanings and variation in these verbs in a corpus of texts in the field of tourism.
Francisco J. Álvarez-Gil +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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Saudi EFL learners’ use of English Modal Verbs: A study of challenges and solutions
International Journal of Language and Literary Studies, 2021 It has been reported that English modal verbs can be one of the most difficult grammatical structures to be mastered by EFL learners. Hence, this research aims to explore the reasons behind Saudi EFL students' low proficiency level in using English modal
Mahdi Ahmed
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Use of Core Modal Verbs in Academic Writing of Thai EFL Students
, 2021 Modal verbs, as one of modality devices, play an important role in academic writing and argument. To gain insights into the use of modal verbs in academic writing of Thai EFL students, the in-depth analysis of 15 discussion essays written by the third ...
S. Kongpetch
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If-conditionals, modality, and Schrödinger’s cat. [PDF]
, 2008 This talk addresses the modal nature of if-conditionals. If-conditionals are seen as bipartite constructions (Fillmore 1986: 196, 1998: 36) which (a) attract modality statistically significantly above average, and (b) show a markedly higher degree of ...
Gabrielatos, Costas
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Translation of Modal Verbs in Media Texts: Corpus-Based Approach
Научный диалог, 2023 The main modal verbs of the English language (can, could, may, must, should, need, will, would) in media texts have been studied, namely the ways of their translation into Russian.
Ya. A. Volkova +2 more
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Verbs, Time, and Modality* [PDF]
Cognitive Science, 1977 In the first part of this paper it is argued that Vendler's classification of verbs into aspectual categories, called activities, accomplishments, achievements, and states, is better seen as classifying the meanings of sentences, and a recursive scheme for describing the aspectual character of sentences is presented.In the second part, this scheme is ...
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