Essays about: "epistemic modality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words epistemic modality.

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. 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

4. 3. Probably certain : Translating hedges in academic research articles from Swedish to English

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Bianca Seydel; [2020]
   Keywords : adaptation; addition; cultural filter; epistemic modality; equivalence; faithful translation; hedges; hedging; L2 learner; omission; scientific research articles; translation;

   Abstract : While it certainly can be argued that translation is a quite demanding discipline in general, some areas within this field are, naturally, more challenging than others. One of these is hedging, which serves a broad variety of purposes both with regard to the author and to the intended readership, and hence must be translated accordingly. READ MORE

5. 4. Epistemic modality in Ghanaian Pidgin English

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Anton Harry Nordén; [2016]
   Keywords : Epistemic modality; evidentiality; Ghanaian Pidgin English; corpus analysis; Epistemisk modalitet; evidentialitet; ghanansk pidginengelska; korpusanalys;

   Abstract : This study investigates the expression of epistemic modality in a corpus of Ghanaian Pidgin English (GhaPE). The epistemic expressions are manually identified and thereafter distinguished from each other in terms of grammatical status and their indication of different epistemic and evidential notions. READ MORE

6. 5. Epistemic Modality in Linguistic and Literature Essays in English : A comparative corpus-based study of modal verbs in student claims

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Tzimopoulou Eleni; [2016]
   Keywords : academic discourse; discipline; modality; stance; hedging;

   Abstract : This study is a corpus-based comparison between student essays written in the subject areas of English linguistics and literature at undergraduate level. They are 200 Bachelor degree theses submitted at a variety of university departments (such as English, Language and Literature, Humanities, Social and Intercultural Studies) in Sweden. READ MORE