RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 The expression of deonticity : a contrastive view and implications for context- based teaching
A1 Molina Plaza, Silvia
K1 Deontic modality
K1 Semantic
K1 Pragmatic
K1 Spanish
K1 English
K1 CREA
K1 British National Corpus
K1 Humanidades
K1 Filología hispánica
K1 Humanities
K1 Spanish philology
AB Corpus evidence has proven that expressions of modality are pervasive in present day English. After a brief theoretical introduction about modality in both languages and comparing how the latter is expressed in English and Spanish, we shall focus on examples of deontic modality from a semantic and pragmatic point of view. All the examples come from the BNC (British National Corpus) and CREA (Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual) and involve language and potential action. When speakers/ writers order, promise or place an obligation on someone, they usually exploit linguistic forms such as directives, verbs of volition -including promises and threats- such as wish, punish, and modal verbs. These meanings are usually expressed with the same structures in Spanish but there are some differences. Attention will be paid to the following two issues, namely (a) Which modals are rising in both languages?. (b) Is written language being affected by colloquialization in the use of the modals? . The paper ends up advocating a context-based teaching of English deontic modals for Spanish students with practical suggestions for teachers
PB Universidad de Alcalá. Servicio de Publicaciones
YR 2005
FD 2005
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/571
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/571
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024