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A corpus-based study of congruent and metaphorical patterns of modality in English
Ist Teil von
Studia neophilologica, 2023-09, Vol.95 (3), p.351-375
Ort / Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
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Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
Both collexeme analysis and correspondence analysis were implemented to investigate the relationship between congruent patterns of modality and metaphorical patterns of modality in different genres of American English and British English in this paper. The findings are summarised as follows: 1) modal adverbs and/or adjectives that are significantly attracted to congruent patterns of modality are also significantly attracted to metaphorical patterns of modality in both varieties of English; 2) the significant attraction in both congruent and metaphorical patterns of modality is genre-sensitive, i.e., it preferably happens in academic genre for the purpose of making propositions at issue non-negotiable and projecting authoritative stances to non-communicative readers; 3) the same significant attraction in both patterns of modality occurs more preferably in British academic genre than in American academic genre. This research is of significance in that it highlights not only metaphorical patterns of modality but also congruent patterns of modality; additionally, it also bridges theories in Systemic Functional Linguistics and advanced approaches such as collexeme analysis and correspondence analysis in Corpus Linguistics.