Developmental Patterns of English Modal Verbs in the Writings of Chinese Learners of English: A Corpus-based Approach
This study aims to examine how Chinese learners develop in their use and misuse of English modal verbs from Grade 7 to 9. Specifically, it examines form-function connections and explores the factors behind learners’ development. The main focus is on the modal verbs can, could, will, would, must, and...
Main Author: | Lexi Xiaoduo Li |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Taylor & Francis Group
2022-12-01
|
Series: | Cogent Education |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/2331186X.2022.2050457 |
Similar Items
-
A corpus-based study of modal verbs in Chinese–English governmental press conference interpreting
by: Yifan Zhang, et al.
Published: (2022-11-01) -
ESL LEARNERS' USE OF ENGLISH MODALS IN NARRATIVE COMPOSITIONS: SYNTATIC AND SEMANTIC ACCURACY
by: Malachi Edwin Vethamani, et al.
Published: (2008-08-01) -
Meaning in Context and Contextual Meaning: A Perspective on the Semantics-Pragmatics Interface Applied to Modal Verbs
by: Ilse Depraetere -
On the semantic-pragmatic interface of Igbo verbs of perception
by: Gloria Tochukwu Okeke, et al.
Published: (2022-12-01) -
A corpus-based study of the translation of modal verbs in the three versions of Shih chi
by: Lei Yang, et al.
Published: (2023-01-01)