On Possibility Meanings of 'Could' in Written English

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

On Possibility Meanings of 'Could' in Written English

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

On Possibility Meanings of 'Could' in Written English

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

From Theory to Practice 2014 : Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Anglophone Studies

ISBN

978-80-7454-450-7

ISSN

1805-9899

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

89-97

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně

Místo vydání

Zlín

Místo konání akce

Zlín

Datum konání akce

5. 9. 2013

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000373408700006