Corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics : a study of variation and change in the modal systems of world Englishes /
"In Corpus Linguistics and Sociolinguistics, Beke Hansen analyses variation and change in the modal systems of second-language varieties of English by taking a sociolinguistic approach to corpus data. Her study focuses on the modal and semi-modal verbs of strong obligation and necessity in the...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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Series: | Language and computers ;
v. 82. |
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Previous research
- The theoretical framework
- Methodology
- Obligation and necessity in ENL and ESL
- The feature pool of obligation and necessity
- Selection principles in the feature pool
- Apparent-time developments
- Competition between must and have to
- Thematic conclusion of the study
- Methodological implications of the study.