Abstract
Although the techniques of my previous study have been shown to present several advantages over traditional two-point cross-sectional analysis in many respects, they would still be appropriate to generate findings that are comparable to past diachronic analyses of modal and semi-modal frequencies. One of the purposes of such a comparative analysis is to determine whether past findings about the change in modal and semi-modal frequencies can be triangulated through analyses of the Hansard Corpus (THC) and the Corpus of Historical American English (COHA). Another purpose is to better ground the current study in the existing research on modal and semi-modal frequency change.
Presenters
Abbas Hussein TarishDr., English Department, Al-Esraa University College, Baghdad, Iraq Munthir M. Mohammed
Dr., English Department , Al-Esraa University College, Iraq
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Communications and Linguistic Studies
KEYWORDS
Corpus-Analysis, Modals, Semi-Modals, British, American, English
