Essays about: "modal auxiliaries"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words modal auxiliaries.

  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. 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. 3. We have to trust them, but they must also know... : A corpus-based investigation of the core modal must and the emerging modals have to and have got to in newspapers and social media by Swedes

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Teresa Rilling; [2015]
    Keywords : colloquialization; core modal; corpora; emerging modal; English as a foreign language; grammaticalization; have got to; have to; modal auxiliaries; must;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine to what extent Swedish writers, who write in English, use the modals must, have to and have got to. The hypothesis being tested argues that the core modal must is not being challenged by the emerging modals have to and have got to in this non-native variety of English. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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. 5. The use of verbs in newspaper headlines : A case study of two British newspapers

    University essay from Institutionen för språk och litteratur, SOL

    Author : Tina Salomonsson; [2011]
    Keywords : The Sun; The Independent; tabloid; quality; main verbs; auxiliaries;

    Abstract : This essay deals with verb use in headlines. More specifically, the aim was to see if therewere any differences between two British newspapers in how verbs were used in headlines. READ MORE