Epistemic adverbs

This paper is meant to examine in detail a specific type of modal realization as expressed through the combination of cognitive non-factive verbs with epistemic adverbs. The main point we would like to focus on in this paper is the harmony of cognitive non-factive verbs and epistemic adverbs in pragmatics based on the scale of certainty.

3p vijaguar 16-11-2022 13 4   Download

This study aims at examining the problems that English-majored students at Duy Tan University in Da Nang, Viet Nam encounter in the use of the English pattern “I + Cognitive Non-factive Verb + Epistemic Adverb”. The pattern is herein referred to as “I + CNFV and EA” for short.

14p vimississippi2711 08-12-2020 20 4   Download

Modality has been an interesting field to all linguists in the world for a long time because of its complexity and variety. Lexical devices showing modality consist of verbs, adjectives, adverbs, particles... especially among them are collocations of a cognitive non-factive verb (CNFV) and an epistemic adverb (EA).

10p viputrajaya2711 22-06-2020 36 4   Download

These three pragmatic features are very helpful to learners of English in daily communication because by using the structure in his/ her utterances the speaker wants to decrease his/ her complaint or admonishment to make conversations more comfortable, give the hearer persuasive advice with his/ her own experience, and reduce boasting so that the hearer feels easy to co-operate.

12p miulovesmile4 19-11-2018 33 0   Download