THE STUDY OF MODAL VERBS FROM A PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: AN ANALYSIS OF TEXTBOOKS AND GRAMMARS

THE STUDY OF MODAL VERBS FROM A PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVE: AN ANALYSIS OF TEXTBOOKS AND GRAMMARS

This paper shows how the indiscriminate combination of the form-function criterion in the traditional presentation of modal verbs brings more confusion than light to the subject due mostly to the fact that the grammatical simplicity of modal verbs clashes with their semantic complexity. In order to...

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Main Authors: María Jesús Sánchez, Pilar Alonso, Ramiro Durán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia 2007-05-01
Series:Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas
Subjects:
Modal verbs
EFL classroom
grammars
textbooks
semantic values
pragmatic uses
Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/rdlyla/article/view/699

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