Relationship between English MajorsTendency to Use Modal Sequences and Time of Enrollment:A Corpus-based Study

摘要：

　　Based on the result of the trends of modal sequences in Chinese English majors argumentation, this research focuses on the relationship between English majors tendency to use modal sequences and their time of enrollment.With the aid of corpus analysis, it reveals that the tendency to use modal verbs, whether epistemic or deontic, is not related to their enrollment time.This study subsequently provides reference to the understanding of how Chinese students acquire modal verbs and gives suggestions of how to teach modal verbs as well.

关键词： modal sequences modal sequence trends deontic modality epistemic modality modal verbs teaching

作者: QIU Shichun

作者单位: Foreign Languages College Jiangxi Normal University,JXNU Nanchang,Jiangxi,PR China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2013 2nd International Conference on Science and Social Research (2013年第二届科学与社会研究国际会议)(ICSSR2013)

会议地点: 北京

会议语种:英文

页码: 487-491

在线出版日期: 2013-07-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）