Modalized speech acts in a spoken learner corpus: The case of 'can' and 'could'
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25210%2F21%3A39917475" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25210/21:39917475 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<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>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Modalized speech acts in a spoken learner corpus: The case of 'can' and 'could'
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
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.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Modalized speech acts in a spoken learner corpus: The case of 'can' and 'could'
Popis výsledku anglicky
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.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>SC</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60203 - Linguistics
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2021
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Topics in linguistics
ISSN
1337-7590
e-ISSN
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Svazek periodika
22
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
PL - Polská republika
Počet stran výsledku
11
Strana od-do
27-37
Kód UT WoS článku
—
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85108550637