Pragmatic and cognitive-linguistic account of English (quasi-)modals and their characterization in pedagogical grammar

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370565
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Kansai Gaidai University
• Principal Investigator: Nagatomo Shunichiro 関西外国語大学, 英語国際学部, 准教授 (50594131)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 英語法助動詞 / 英語モダリティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study clarified the characteristics of English (quasi-)modals in regard to the notion called motivation. It presented one form of interaction between English (quasi-)modals and speech act, presupposition, inference, psychological state, construal, cognition, etc. The interaction was characterized and described within the frameworks of pragmatics, cognitive linguistics, and pedagogic(al) grammar.

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