A study of epistemic modality in academic and popularised discourse: The case of possibility adverbs perhaps, maybe and possibly
This paper describes the use of perhaps, maybe and possibly in a cross- disciplinary corpus of academic and popularised scientific writing. It accounts for their higher frequency in popularised discourse by investigating their functions in detail. The analysis, conducted from various perspectives (...
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Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos |
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| Online Access: | https://ojsspdc.ulpgc.es/ojs/index.php/LFE/article/view/35 |