Essays about: "modal verbs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words modal verbs.

1. 1. Reader Address and its Translation in a Gardening Guide : Pronouns, Modals and Imperatives

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Micaela Nilsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Reader address; modal verb; imperative verb; pronoun you; second person pronoun; generic pronoun; translation;

   Abstract : This study examines the translation of three forms of reader address from English to Swedish in a gardening guidebook – the pronoun you as a second person reference and generic reference, modal verbs, and imperatives. The translation was made by the author of this study. READ MORE

3. 2. The Use of Syntax and Lexicon Structures in Political Discourse : A Case Study of Boris Johnson’s Speeches on COVID-19

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Pantelia Emmanouil; [2022]
   Keywords : Boris Johnson; Covid-19; Lexicon Structures; Political Discourse Analysis; Syntax Structures;

   Abstract : In their book, Fairclough and Fairclough (2013) claim that political leaders’ main role is to make choices in difficult situations. Due to the coronavirus outbreak worldwide, every political leader was called to make difficult decisions and to announce them to their respective public. READ MORE

4. 3. What essentially might be almost certain about climate change : The translation of hedges in popular science

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sofia Hamberg; [2022]
   Keywords : covert translation; hedging; lexical hedges; modal strength; modification; omission; popular science; retained translation; strategic hedges;

   Abstract : This study investigates how hedges are used in an American popular science text about the effects of climate change and to what extent their translation to Swedish is retained or modified concerning modal strength. Furthermore, the study seeks to explain the reasons behind translation choices, which affect the level of modal strength and or linguistics alterations in the target text. READ MORE

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. Hedges in Translation : A Study on the Translation of Hedging Devices from English to Swedish in a Non-Fiction Text

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Sara Norlund; [2022]
   Keywords : Hedges; hedging devices; translation; English to Swedish; non-fiction texts; retention; modification; omission; addition;

   Abstract : This paper examines the translation of hedging devices from English to Swedish in a non-fiction history book, and more specifically, which strategies are used in the translation process and why. To get a clear overview of the different hedging devices that are found in the ST, they are divided into categories, which are then analyzed individually with illustrative examples. READ MORE