Variation between modal adverbs in British English
Variation between modal adverbs in British English
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英式英语中情态副词的变化
DOI：
10.1075/fol.16009.suz
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发表时间：
2018
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0.5
通讯作者：
Suzuki Daisuke
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作者：
田中祐輔;森篤嗣;毛利田奈津子;Suzuki Daisuke
本研究考察了同义副词“可能是”和“可能可能”的用法和分布情况，以确定它们在功能上的异同。在从英国国家语料库中提取用法数据后，本研究通过对目标副词在更大的语境中的分析，探讨了以下因素：(I)语域的类型，(Ii)可能/可能从句中作为主语的NP的类型，(Iii)在同一从句中使用的情态动词的类型，以及(Iv)目标副词在从句中的位置。语料库分析表明，可能更倾向于主观使用，而可能是一个语法化程度更高的项目，与高度主观的语境有关的因素对副词之间的差异有很大影响。此外，我还建议，可以和可能(与情态动词或在最后位置连用)都可以用在主体间语境中。
This study investigates the use and distribution of the synonymous adverbsmaybeandperhapsin order to determine their functional similarities and differences. After extracting usage data from the British National Corpus (BNC), this study explores the following factors by analyzing the target adverbs in a larger context: (i) the kind of register, (ii) the kind of NP chosen as the subject inmaybe/perhapsclauses, (iii) the kind of modal verb used in the same clause, and (iv) the position occupied by the target adverbs in a clause. The corpus analysis demonstrates thatmaybeis more prone to subjective use whileperhapsis a more strongly grammaticalized item, and that the factors related to a highly subjective context contribute much to the variation between the adverbs. In addition, I suggest that bothmaybeandperhaps(in combination with modal verbs or in final position) can be used in an intersubjective context.