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Gabrielatos, C. & McEnery, T. (2005). Epistemic
modality in MA dissertations. In P.A. Fuertes Olivera
(ed.), Lengua y Sociedad: Investigaciones recientes en lingüística aplicada. Lingüística y Filología no. 61.
Valladolid: Universidad de Valladolid, 311-331. |
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Abstract /
Introduction This paper reports on the compilation, and ongoing mark
up and annotation, of a corpus of MA dissertations written by students at the
Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. The
main focus of the paper is a preliminary investigation comparing the use of
epistemic modality by native and advanced non-native speakers of English
(henceforth NS and NNS respectively) in the corpus. The paper also outlines
other possible uses of the corpus for research on academic English, made possible
by the information encoded in the annotation and mark up. |
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Key words Epistemic
modality, modals, corpus, dissertations, academic writing, EAP, native
speaker, non-native speaker, expertise. |
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Related
articles by the same author |
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Gabrielatos, C. & Sarmento, S. (2006). Central
modals in an aviation corpus: Frequency and distribution. Letras de Hoje 41(2), 215-240. |
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same topic |
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Sarmento, S.
(2005). Distribution of modal verbs in an aviation corpus. Proceedings from The Corpus Linguistics Conference Series, Vol.
1, no. 1. Birmingham, UK: University of Birmingham. |
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