Some Observations on Can, Want and Have to in Politicians' Public Speech Cover Image

Някои наблюдения върху мога, искам и трябва в публичната реч на политиците
Some Observations on Can, Want and Have to in Politicians' Public Speech

Author(s): Petya Osenova, Nadya Terziyska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Philology
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the usages of three modal verbs in present tense: can, want and have to in two registers of the public politicians’ speech: interviews and parliament speech. The behavior of these verbs is considered within two aspects: the frequency of present verb wordforms in both registers and their collocations in the right context.

  • Issue Year: 9/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 219-299
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian