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Modal Verbs in the Modern Chinese Language
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2021 The article presents a new view on Chinese modal verbs as a part of speech. Based on the typology of the Chinese language, the authors analyzed modal verbs according to their functional-syntactic, formal-morphological, and semantic features in order of ...
O. N. Sadovnikova, I. V. Sharavieva
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MODAL VERBS IN THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Jurnal Ilmiah Langue and Parole, 2020 This research was conducted to investigate the functions of modal verbs in the UN Secretary-General's remarks on climate change. Qualitative descriptive research design was employed in conducting this research.
Edfan Juliansyah +2 more
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Zum Gebrauch des Modalverbs können im fachinternen medizinischen Diskurs [PDF]
Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft, 2017 Modal verbs are language phenomena that have been in the centre of linguistic attention for years. They are characterised by grammatical, semantic and functional flexibility. Yet research on the use of modal verbs in specialised discourse is scarce.
Bogusława Rolek
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Modal Verbs of Obligation in Quotations and Political Discourse
Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2016 This article discusses the modal verbs of obligation and their function in quotations and political discourse. The usage of modal verbs in speeches strengthens the impact on people, because they emphasize what people should, must, ought to and have to do.
Lusine Zakalashvili, Naira Avagyan
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Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities, 2019 This research aims to describe the type of modality of French modal verbs in directive speech acts in the comic Michel Vaillant and find its meaning.
Yuliantini, Yuliantini +2 more
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Simulating the temporal reference of Dutch and English Root Infinitives. [PDF]
, 2004 Hoekstra & Hyams (1998) claim that the overwhelming majority of Dutch children’s Root Infinitives (RIs) are used to refer to modal (not realised) events, whereas in English speaking children, the temporal reference of RIs is free.
Pine, J M, Freudenthal, D, Gobet, F
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THE USE OF MODAL VERBS IN ENGLISH LEGAL TEXTS AND THEIR SERBIAN EQUIVALENTS
, 2020 The aim of this paper is to examine and describe similarities and differences in the use and distribution of modal verbs by contrasting English and Serbian legal texts.
Aleksandra Erić-Bukarica
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Journal of Languages and Language TeachingPoliteness is a core aspect of language use and is frequently realized through modality, particularly modal verbs expressing permission and indirectness. In EFL contexts, textbooks play a crucial role in shaping learners’ pragmatic competence by modeling
Ikmi Nur Oktavianti +3 more
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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, J. Nel
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Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2020 The paper deals with Italian helping verbs (modal, aspectual, causative verbs) and light verbs which form complex predicates and with the rules that guide its use in Italian descriptive grammars published in Italy between 1953 and 2005. The author shows
Anna Godzich
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