THE CHOICE OF ENGLISH MODAL FORMS IN E-MAILS DISCOURSE BY BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE SPEAKERS A ESCOLHA DAS FORMAS MODAIS EM INGLÊS PELOS FALANTES DE PORTUGUÊS DO BRASIL NOS DISCURSOS ELETRÔNICOS
This paper looks at how Brazilian Portuguese speakers express certain speech<br />acts in electronic discourse while writing in English (giving suggestions/advice,<br />asking for a favor, expressing necessity and expressing possibility), taking into<br />consideration the modal ch...
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| Language: | English |
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Federal University of Goiás
2000-01-01
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| Series: | Signótica |
| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.ufg.br/index.php/sig/article/view/7117 |