Corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics : a study of variation and change in the modal systems of world Englishes

Corpus linguistics and sociolinguistics : a study of variation and change in the modal systems of world Englishes / by Beke Hansen.

"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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Main Author: Hansen, Beke (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Series:Language and computers ; v. 82.
Subjects:
English language > Modality.
English language > Discourse analysis.
Corpora (Linguistics)
Sociolinguistics.
sociolinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
English language > Discourse analysis
English language > Modality
Sociolinguistics
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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.

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