epistemic and deontic vs. semantic meaning
Jure Bertalanič (Author), Klementina Jurančič (Mentor)

Abstract

The aim of this master's thesis entitled The perception of epistemic and deontic modality among Slovene university students is to grant insight into the way English modality is perceived by native Slovene speakers who study English at the university level. The theoretical part thoroughly establishes the notions of modality, the distinction between epistemic and deontic modality, and the semantic approach. We also thoroughly analyse the typical use of the core modals can, could, may, might, must, have (to), should and ought (to) in both epistemic/deontic and semantic terms. The empirical part is based on research where a total of 57 university students of English at the University of Maribor answered questions from a questionnaire regarding modality and provided their explanations on the perceived meanings of modal statements. With the help of the questionnaire, we were able to examine and determine to what extent Slovene university students of English know and successfully use the modal verbs can, could, may, might, must, have (to), should and ought (to). Furthermore, the questionnaire focused on whether the said students' perception of epistemic and deontic variations of the aforementioned modals was comparable to those of their intended native speaker use. We also analysed the data to see whether there would be any notable differences in the perception of English modality between males and females.

Keywords

magistrska dela;angleška modalnost;učenje angleščine kot tujega jezika;učenje jezika;angleška slovnica;deontična modalnost;epistemična modalnost;

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Language: Slovenian
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Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization: UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher: [J. Bertalanič]
UDC: 378-057.875:811.111'243(043.2)
COBISS: 167208707 Link will open in a new window
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Secondary language: English
Secondary title: The perception of modality among slovene university students: epistemic and deontic vs. semantic meaning
Secondary abstract: Namen magistrskega dela z naslovom Percepcija modalnosti slovenskih univerzitetnih študentov: epistemično in deontično v primerjavi s semantičnim pomenom je podati vpogled v to, kako angleško modalnost dojemajo naravni govorci slovenščine, ki študirajo angleščino na univerzitetni ravni. Teoretični del temeljito vzpostavi pojme modalnosti, razlike med epistemično in deontično modalnostjo ter semantičnim pristopom. Nadalje temeljito analiziramo tipično rabo osrednjih modalnih glagolov can, could, may, might, must, have (to), should in ought (to) tako v epistemičnem/deontičnem kot v semantičnem pomenu. Empirični del temelji na raziskavi, v kateri je 57 študentov anglistike Univerze v Mariboru odgovarjalo na vprašanja iz vprašalnika o modalnosti in podajalo svoja razlage o zaznanih pomenih modalnih izjav. S pomočjo vprašalnika smo lahko preverili in ugotovili, v kolikšni meri slovenski študenti anglistike poznajo in uspešno uporabljajo modalne glagole can, could, may, might, must, have (to), should in ought (to). Nadalje se je vprašalnik osredotočil na to, ali je zaznavanje epistemičnih in deontičnih variacij navedenih načinov študentov primerljivo z dojemanjem naravnih govorcev. Analizirali smo tudi podatke, da bi ugotovili, ali obstajajo opazne razlike v dojemanju angleške modalnosti med moškimi in ženskami.
Secondary keywords: master theses;English modality;teaching English as a foreign language;language learning;English grammar;deontic modality;epistemic modality;Učenje in poučevanje;Angleščina;Slovnica;Naklonskost;Univerzitetna in visokošolska dela;
Type (COBISS): Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment: Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za angleški jezik in književnost
Pages: 1 spletni vir (1 datoteka PDF (66 str.))
ID: 19864415