Sökning: "modals"

Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade ordet modals.

1. 1. Modalitet och förändring : En studie av må och kunna i fornsvenska

   Författare :Peter Andersson; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Modality; language; change; modals; root modality; epistemic modality; force dynamics; grammaticalization; degrammaticalization; unindirectionailty; Old Swedish; conditionals; cognitive semantics; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Humanities and Social sciences; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the development of root and non-root meanings of modal verbs through an empirical study of the verbs må and kunna in Old Swedish. Modality is taken to refer domains in which possibility contrasts with necessity. LÄS MER

3. 2. (De)coding Modality : The Case of Must, May, Måste and Kan

   Författare :Anna Wärnsby; Engelska; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language and literature; semiotics; syntax; modal verbs; modality; English-Swedish Parallel Corpus; epistemic; deontic; dynamic; indeterminacy; Controllability; Transitivity; Data Mining; pragmatics; Engelska språk och litteratur ; semantics; Grammar; Grammatik; semantik; semiotik;

   Sammanfattning : This study investigates the mechanisms of (de)coding modality, focusing on the interpretation of utterances containing the modals must, may, måste, and kan. The main research question posed in this study is what enables the interlocutors to interpret modal expressions so that communicative goals are achieved. LÄS MER