(2016) Modality Versus Performativity in Ghanaian Newspaper Editorials International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research Vol.4, No.5, pp.15-34, August 2016 (2016) The Use of Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Horoscope: Issues in Language Studies (Vol. (1980) ‘Semantic indeterminacy and the modals.’ In: Quirk, R., Greenbaum, S., Leech, G. Hedging in Academic Writing and EAP Textbooks. A students introduction to English grammar. The Cambridge grammar of the English language. Lyons (Ed.), New horizons in linguistics (pp.140-165). Language structure and language function. Language in the news: Discourse and ideology in the press. New York: Oxford University Press.įowler, R. 2019 Novel coronavirus: Where we are and what we know. Legal English and its Grammatical structures. Modal verbs as editors’ personal stance markers: An analysis of Pakistani English newspaper editorials International Journal of Sciences and Research Vol. The modals used presented the opinions of the article writers and the use of will reported the highest frequency.Īhmad,M. Other types of modal used are would, must and might.
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Findings indicate that the authors of the articles chose predictive auxiliary modals will, may, can and should in that order in the articles. Six categories of modal auxiliaries namely Ability, possibility, prediction, obligation, intention and quasi-legal modals characterized the data. The data was analyzed manually with regard to different functions of the modal auxiliary verbs in question. The articles analyzed were purposively selected from articles in Daily Nation newspaper and analyzed using insights from Quirk et al’s (2000) dichotomy of modal auxiliary verbs.
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The reporting of the disease was done in the newspaper in Kenya every day from the first time it was reported in the country on 13th March 2020. Covid-19 is a member of the beta coronaviruses that can cause acute severe respiratory symptoms or possibly mild, cold-like symptoms. This article analyses the uses of modal auxiliary verbs in reporting Covid-19 in selected articles in Daily Nation newspaper. Modal Verbs, Covid-19, Newspaper Articles, Daily Nation Abstract
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Department of Language, Literature and Culture Maasai Mara University, Kenya