ANALYSE DE LA MODALITÉ DANS QUELQUES TEXTES
TOURISTIQUES AUX ÎLES CANARIES
AN ANALYSIS
OF MODALITY IN SOME TOURIST BROCHURES OF THE
CANARY ISLANDS
Author(s): Alvarez-Gil Francisco J., Muriel Payet Karine Marie, Ángeles Sanchez HernandezSubject(s): Descriptive linguistics
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: "pouvoir"; "devoir"; "modal verbs"; "corpus linguistics"; "modality";
Summary/Abstract: In the present study, we analyse the use of modal verbs in a corpus of texts within the field of tourism in French published by el Cabildo de Gran Canaria. Our principal aim is to make a search in order to find out the occurrences of modal verbs devoir and pouvoir in the texts analysed to identify the meaning and the linguistic functions these occurrences fulfil in these specific linguistic contexts. The results obtained indicate a clearly specific linguistic function of the verbs used, which is evidently justified by the nature and objectives of the texts, these being to inform and to convince.
Journal: Studii şi cercetări filologice. Seria Limbi Străine Aplicate
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 19
- Language: French