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The modal forms 'must' and 'should' in English academic discourse by Spanish postgraduates ; Las formas modales 'must' y 'should' en el discurso académico inglés de los posgraduados españoles ; Les formes modals 'must' i 'should' en el discurs acadèmic anglès dels postgraduats espanyols

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    • Publication Information:
      Universitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos
    • Publication Date:
      2024
    • Collection:
      Repositori Universitat Jaume I (Repositorio UJI)
    • Abstract:
      This paper presents a corpus linguistic study investigating the use and functions of the modal verbs, must and should, in academic discourse. The study analyses a corpus of doctoral dissertations within two distinct fields of knowledge, written in English and submitted to Spanish universities between 2011 and 2021. By employing corpus linguistics, we could interrogate this compilation to obtain concordances that could be analysed from a horizontal perspective, ensuring that each sample was appraised appropriately within its context of occurrence. The frequency and distribution of these modals in various contexts were examined. The findings revealed that must and should are utilised with differing frequencies and in diverse ways, depending on the academic discipline and the rhetorical purpose of the discourse. The paper contends that the use of modality, particularly deontic modality, is a vital aspect of academic writing, as it signals the writer's stance and the level of necessity, recommendation or obligation in their argumentation. ; Este artículo presenta un estudio lingüístico de corpus que investiga el uso y las funciones de los verbos modales must y should en el discurso académico. Se analiza un corpus de tesis doctorales dentro de dos áreas de conocimiento distintas, escritas en inglés y presentadas en universidades españolas entre 2011 y 2021. Mediante el empleo de la lingüística de corpus, se ha podido examinar esta compilación para obtener concordancias que pudieran ser analizadas desde una perspectiva horizontal, asegurando que cada muestra fuera valorada adecuadamente dentro de su contexto específico. Además, se examinaron la frecuencia y la distribución de estos modales en diversos contextos. Los resultados revelaron que must y should se utilizan con distinta incidencia y de diversas maneras, dependiendo de la disciplina académica y del propósito retórico del discurso. El artículo sostiene que el uso de la modalidad, en particular de la modalidad deóntica, es un aspecto vital de la escritura ...
    • File Description:
      application/pdf
    • ISSN:
      1989-7103
    • Relation:
      Language Value, 2023, vol.16, no 2; https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/languagevalue/article/view/7304; Álvarez-Gil, F. J. y Soto Déniz, I. (2023). The modal forms ’must’ and ’should’ in English academic discourse by Spanish postgraduates. Language Value, 16(2), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.6035/languagev.7304; http://hdl.handle.net/10234/205672; https://www.doi.org/10.6035/languagev.7304
    • Accession Number:
      10.6035/languagev.7304
    • Online Access:
      http://hdl.handle.net/10234/205672
      https://doi.org/10.6035/languagev.7304
    • Rights:
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.1C7B1B6A