Essays about: "Modal verbs"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Modal verbs.

  1. 11. 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

  3. 12. Translating Modality : Disentangling the semantics of the modal auxiliaries in an investment fund prospectus and its translation from English to Swedish

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Anna-Karin Rehn; [2016]
    Keywords : Modality; modal auxiliaries; modal verbs; financial text; translation; English; Swedish;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the use of modal auxiliaries in an investment fund prospectus and how they are translated into Swedish. The semantics of modal auxiliaries is a rather fuzzy area. One modal verb such as may or will can have several different meanings, depending on the textual and situational context. READ MORE

  4. 13. Modality in an android's speech. How modal verbs relate to an android's ability to feel emotions

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Johanna Hennberg; [2014-06-30]
    Keywords : modality; modal verbs; Star Trek; android; Data; emotions;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine how and to what extent the modality in the fictional android Data's language changed when he went from incapable to capable of experiencing human emotions. Focus is on subjective, objective and probability related modality in particular. READ MORE

  5. 14. Exploring a recent grammatical change : A corpus-based investigation of the core modals will and shall and the semi-modal BE going to in newspapers and blogs written by Swedes

    University essay from Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Felix Fernebring; [2014]
    Keywords : Auxiliary verbs; BE going to; corpora; grammaticalization; modality; semi-modal; shall; variation; will;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how the modal auxiliaries will and shall and the semi-modal BE going to are used to express futurity by individuals whose first language is Swedish. The study is corpus based, and the corpora used in this study consist of Swedish newspapers in English (SWENC) and material from blogs which are written in English by Swedes (BESC). READ MORE

  6. 15. It's simple isn't it? Investigating Swedish Pupils* Command of Canonical Question Tags with Reverse Polarity at Different Stages of Learning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Hans Brasch; [2013-06-28]
    Keywords : canonical question tags; canonical tag questions; reverse polarity; developmental sequences in second language acquisition; contrastive analysis;

    Abstract : This essay investigates Swedish pupils' command of canonical question tags with reverse polarity in written English at different stages of learning. 22 pupils in 6th grade and 23 pupils in 9th grade completed a set of tag questions which required either a form of "to be", "to have", "to do" or a modal verb in the question tag. READ MORE