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<p> The English modal verb system has proved to be a difficult linguistic concept even for advanced EFL students. Their comprehension/usage problems may be of purely morpho-syntactic and semantic nature or may also involve sociolinguistic dimensions. The paper examines the question of polysemy, sociolinguistic factors and the role of ELT models.</p>
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The English modal verb system has proved to be a difficult linguistic concept even for advanced EFL students. Their comprehension/usage problems may be of purely morpho-syntactic and semantic nature or may also involve sociolinguistic dimensions. The paper examines the question of polysemy, sociolinguistic factors and the role of ELT models.

It Will/Must/May Be a Modal Auxiliary

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The English modal verb system has proved to be a difficult linguistic concept even for advanced EFL students. Their comprehension/usage problems may be of...

It Will/Must/May Be a Modal Auxiliary

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 49 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0006-y

Keywords
applied lingustics, CEFR, ELT, modal auxiliaries, theoretical linguistics

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

It Will/Must/May Be a Modal Auxiliary

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 49 - 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0006-y

Keywordsapplied lingustics, CEFR, ELT, modal auxiliaries, theoretical linguistics

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
applied lingustics, CEFR, ELT, modal auxiliaries, theoretical linguistics