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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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Be concrete to be comprehended:consistent imageability effects in semantic dementia for nouns, verbs, synonyms and associates [PDF]
, 2013 There are two contrasting views on the nature of comprehension impairment in semantic dementia: (a) that it stems from degradation of a pan-modal "hub" that represents core conceptual knowledge or (b) that it results from degradation of modality-specific
Hoffman, Paul; id_orcid +5 more
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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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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MODAL VERBS IN DEONTIC AND EPISTEMIC MODALITY [PDF]
, 2012 Modality is always interesting to discuss. Understanding it is crucial for both language teachers and learners. This essay discusses the concept of modality, its types and uses.
Menik Winiharti +2 more
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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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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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International Journal of Educational Spectrum, 2022 In this study, the use of epistemic modality in the category of modal verbs was comparatively examined in the results and conclusions sections of journal articles written in the discipline of Humanities & Social Sciences.
Pınar Karahan
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Use of Modal Verbs as Stance Markers in Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials
Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 2019 This study investigates the use of modal verbs as stance markers in Pakistani English newspaper editorials. For this purpose, corpora of 1000 editorials have been developed from the editorials published in The News, The Dawn, The Frontier and The Express
Muhammad Ahmad +3 more
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“Arguments That Could Possibly Be Urged”: Modal Verbs and Tentativeness in the Coruña Corpus
Languages, 2019 This paper complements previous research into the late Modern English scientific writing uses of the adverbs possibly and perhaps as manifestations of either subjectivity or intersubjectivity, as presented in the Coruña Corpus of English Scientific ...
Isabel Moskowich, B. Crespo
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Equivalents To English Modal Verbs
, 2022 There are purely modal verbs, their equivalents and multifunctional verbs in the role of modal verbs. The article deals with the stylistic and lexicographic analysis of modal verbs in English, their use ...
Karimova, L. (Leyla)
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