Essays about: "deontic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word deontic.

  1. 1. Modal auxiliaries in English and Swedish A contrastive study of English can/could, may/might, and Swedish kunna and få

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Gustav Landälv; [2024-01-22]
    Keywords : Modal auxiliaries; English; epistemic modality; dynamic modality; deontic modality; can; could; may; might; kan; kunde; får; fick;

    Abstract : The results suggest that English can and could, when expressing dynamic modality, are mainly translated as respectively kan and kunde. When omitted in the translation, the main verb with which they co occur is often a verb of perception, such as see, or a private verb involving a thought process, like understand or remember. READ MORE

  3. 2. Use of Deontic Consequent Clauses with Conditional to and ba in Written Japanese: Effects on Comprehension and Perceived Proficiency

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : William Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : error analysis; deontic modality; conditional markers; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This study investigates the effects of violating deontic constraints on the Japanese conditional markers to and ba. Via an online survey, native speakers reviewed sentences containing violations of these constraints, evaluating their own ability to understand the sentence and the proficiency of the sentences’ authors. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Morality of Luck : How Moral Luck Should Affect Our Blameworthiness and the Deontic Status of Our Acts

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : David Westman; [2022]
    Keywords : Moral Luck; Blameworthiness; Deontic status; Control principle;

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  5. 4. Modality in Spiritual Literature : A Corpus Aided Discourse Study on Sadhguru and Eckhart Tolle

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : SHOWMIK JOY BHOWMIK; [2022]
    Keywords : Spirituality; mystics; modality; modal shading; epistemic; deontic; bigrams; CADS;

    Abstract : This study investigates and discusses how two spiritual teachers from different parts of the world interact with their devotees, what the probable impacts of their interaction are, and whether they speak similarly or differently based on the use of modal auxiliary verbs and pronouns. Linguistically speaking, the mystics mostly have to address their audience/readers in a particular manner with expressions which represent certainty, possibility, obligation and so on; thus, a study of such is necessary and modal auxiliary verbs represent such expressions. READ MORE

  6. 5. What to do with should : A Translation Study of the Modal Verb Should

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Caroline Larsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Modal verbs; should; deontic; epistemic; translation; text type; informative; operative; English; Swedish;

    Abstract : Due to vague boundaries, a diversity of meanings and variations of modal strength, the translation of modals might be challenging. This paper investigates the translation of the modal should in a text with recommendations on horse feeding. READ MORE