A contrastive analysis of the use of modal verbs in the expression of epistemic stance in Business Management research articles in English and Spanish

In the present paper an intercultural quantitative and qualitative analysis of the use of modal verbs as epistemic stance markers in SERAC (Spanish-English Research Article Corpus), a corpus of research articles (RAs) in different disciplines, is carried out. The corpus selected for this research co...

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Main Author: Ignacio Vázquez Orta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Europea de Lenguas para Fines Específicos 2010-04-01
Series:Ibérica
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Online Access:http://www.aelfe.org/documents/04_19_Vazquez.pdf