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<p>The paper investigates multiple modals such as <italic>might could</italic>, <italic>might would</italic>, <italic>might can</italic> and <italic>would might</italic>. These are just a few of the core modal combinations with <italic>might</italic> which are being looked at through the use of iWeb and GloWbE, two corpora of online texts. The research primarily reveals the multiple modals’ frequency in the corpora. It also shows that they are found in both American and British English. In addition, their negation and inversion patterns are displayed.</p>
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The paper investigates multiple modals such as might could, might would, might can and would might. These are just a few of the core modal combinations with might which are being looked at through the use of iWeb and GloWbE, two corpora of online texts. The research primarily reveals the multiple modals’ frequency in the corpora. It also shows that they are found in both American and British English. In addition, their negation and inversion patterns are displayed.

Frequency of Multiple Modals with <italic>Might</italic> on the Web

Universitatea “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Iaşi

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Frequency of Multiple Modals with  on the Web

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The paper investigates multiple modals such as might could, might would, might can and would might. These are just a few of the core modal combinations with...

Frequency of Multiple Modals with Might on the Web

Publié en ligne: 26 déc. 2021

Pages: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0001

Mots clés
corpus linguistics, double modals, GloWbE, iWeb, multiple modals

© 2021 Nadina Cehan, published by Sciendo

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

Frequency of Multiple Modals with Might on the Web

Publié en ligne: 26 déc. 2021

Pages: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0001

Mots cléscorpus linguistics, double modals, GloWbE, iWeb, multiple modals

© 2021 Nadina Cehan, published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
corpus linguistics, double modals, GloWbE, iWeb, multiple modals