Jaime Pastor, MA.; Perez-Guillot, C. (2015). A comparison analysis of modal auxiliary verbs in Technical and General English. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences. 212:292-297. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.375
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Title:
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A comparison analysis of modal auxiliary verbs in Technical and General English
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Author:
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Jaime Pastor, Mª Asunción
Perez-Guillot, Cristina
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UPV Unit:
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Lingüística Aplicada - Departament de Lingüística Aplicada
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Abstract:
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Engineering students should be able to identify, comprehend and accurately use those discourse elements which
characterize scientific language.
Modality is a complex aspect of the English language for Spanish students ...[+]
Engineering students should be able to identify, comprehend and accurately use those discourse elements which
characterize scientific language.
Modality is a complex aspect of the English language for Spanish students due to the differences in expression
between Technical and General English in terms of frequency of use and semantic values. Therefore, it is important to
present the different uses of modality in context.
In this work we present an analysis of modal verbs in Technical and General English based on a corpus. The results
will allow us to shed some light on the role played by these verbs in both genres, with special emphasis on their use in
technical texts.
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Subjects:
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Modal auxiliary verbs
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English for specific purposes
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Corpus analysis
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Contrastive studies
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Copyrigths:
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Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada (by-nc-nd)
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Source:
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Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences. (issn:
1877-0428
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.375
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Publisher:
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Elsevier
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Publisher version:
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.375
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Conference name:
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MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PROFESSIONAL AND
ACADEMIC CHALLENGES. 33rd Conference of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics
(AESLA)
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Conference place:
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Madrid, Spain
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Conference date:
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April 16-18, 2015
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Type:
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Artículo
Comunicación en congreso
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