An annotation scheme for dynamic modality in English and Spanish

• Juan Rafael Zamorano-Mansilla ^[1] ; Marta Carretero
  1. [1] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Contrastive Discourse Analysis: functional and corpus perspectives / coord. por Maite Taboada, Susana María Doval Suárez, Elsa González Alvarez, 2013, ISBN 9781908049759, págs. 282-304
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • This chapter describes the results of a series of annotation experiments that focused on a number of prototypical expressions of dynamic modality in English and Spanish. This kind of modality is defined as possibility and necessity due to natural factors and comprises meanings such as inevitability, tendency, ability and circumstantial possibility.