Listar por tema "modality"
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Non-epistemic possibility in sections of tourism research articles
Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos (2022)This paper presents a study of modal verbs with dynamic meaning for the expression of possibility in the tourism research article in the introduction and conclusion sections of the article. The main aim of this paper is ... -
Stance matrices licensing that-clauses and interpersonal meaning in nineteenth-century women's instructive writing in English
Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos (2023)This paper examines stance matrices licensing that-clauses in a corpus of instructional texts authored by women during the nineteenth century, gathered under the label COWITE19. These matrices can reveal various aspects ... -
The modal forms 'must' and 'should' in English academic discourse by Spanish postgraduates
Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos (2023)This paper presents a corpus linguistic study investigating the use and functions of the modal verbs, must and should, in academic discourse. The study analyses a corpus of doctoral dissertations within two distinct fields ... -
Three-dimensional metaphorical objects in street advertising
Asociación Española de Lingüística Aplicada (AESLA) (2015)This paper aims at unravelling the role of metaphor in three street marketing campaign advertisements. Each advertisement is the product of a creative process involving metaphorical mappings from an urban object (shelter, ...