Modalized speech acts in a spoken learner corpus: The case of 'can' and 'could'
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/topling-2021-0003" target="_blank" >https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/topling-2021-0003</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/topling-2021-0003" target="_blank" >10.2478/topling-2021-0003</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Modalized speech acts in a spoken learner corpus: The case of 'can' and 'could'
Original language description
This paper examines the use of the modal auxiliaries 'can' and 'could' in speech acts produced by university students of English. Its aim is to explore syntactic patterns, semantic features and pragmatic functions of utterances containing 'can'/'could' in Corpus of Czech Students' Spoken English. Taking account of pragmatic factors, including broader linguistic and extralinguistic context, the analysis attempts to identify the illocutionary forces conveyed by the modalized speech acts excerpted from the corpus dialogues. The findings indicate that the modal verbs are commonly employed as a modifying device in indirect speech acts, particularly in conventionalized directives. As for their frequency of occurrence, 'can' proves to be a widely used modal auxiliary in spoken learner discourse, whereas the more remote 'could' appears in the corpus much less frequently in that it is associated with a higher degree of diffidence.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Topics in linguistics
ISSN
1337-7590
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Volume of the periodical
22
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
PL - POLAND
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
27-37
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85108550637