Relationship between English Majors’ Tendency to Use Modal Sequences and Time of Enrollment:A Corpus-based Study

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10.2991/icssr-13.2013.113How to use a DOI?

Keywords

modal sequences; modal sequence trends; deontic modality; epistemic modality; modal verbs teaching

Abstract

Based on the result of the trends of modal sequences in Chinese English majors’ argumentation, this research focuses on the relationship between English majors’ tendency to use modal sequences and their time of enrollment. With the aid of corpus analysis, it reveals that the tendency to use modal verbs, whether epistemic or deontic, is not related to their enrollment time. This study subsequently provides reference to the understanding of how Chinese students acquire modal verbs and gives suggestions of how to teach modal verbs as well.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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