Essays about: "modal essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words modal essay.

  1. 1. Gender differences in the use of modal adverbs as hedges

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Reyyan Ayhan; [2020]
    Keywords : hedges; politeness; modality; modal adverbs; gender; women’s language;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to investigate the claims made by Robin Lakoff regarding women’s language, where she claims that women use hedges more than men. The aim of this essay is to investigate whether this statement is true. To put it differently, this essay aims to look at gender differences in the use of modal adverbs as hedges. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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. 4. 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

  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