On Possibility Meanings of 'Could' in Written English

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angličtina
Original language name
On Possibility Meanings of 'Could' in Written English
Original language description
This paper is concerned with possibility meanings of the modal auxiliary 'could', focusing primarily on interpreting its contextualized occurrences in contemporary written British English. Although 'could' conveys essentially root possibility and is commonly employed as the preterite form of 'can' in past contexts, this paper explores its occurrence in non-past contexts and its potential epistemic interpretations. In order to obtain a complex picture of the usage and distribution of 'could' conveying possibility, discourse and stylistic aspects are included as well. The former relates to the usage of the modal verb as a hedging device, whereas the latter is reflected in the selection of the excerpted material; the data have been drawn from administrative, academic, popular scientific and journalistic texts.
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Publication year
2015
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
From Theory to Practice 2014 : Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Anglophone Studies
ISBN
978-80-7454-450-7
ISSN
1805-9899
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
89-97
Publisher name
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Place of publication
Zlín
Event location
Zlín
Event date
Sep 5, 2013
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
000373408700006

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