Modalisation dans le discours mathématique pédagogique écrit en anglais
This article offers a quantitative and qualitative study of modalization in mathematical discourse in English. It is based on a corpus made up of extracts from university textbooks for undergraduate and graduate levels. The modalization markers taken into account are the modal auxiliaries, along wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cercle linguistique du Centre et de l'Ouest - CerLICO
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Corela |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/corela/2876 |
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| Summary: | This article offers a quantitative and qualitative study of modalization in mathematical discourse in English. It is based on a corpus made up of extracts from university textbooks for undergraduate and graduate levels. The modalization markers taken into account are the modal auxiliaries, along with some adverbs and extraposed adjectival structures. The approach is that of the theory of enunciative operations. After examining a few features of mathematical speech we try to show why and how these features alter the commonly accepted rules of modalization in the English language. The context of mathematical discourse will be used to refine and expand some interpretations of the modalization markers studied. |
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| ISSN: | 1638-573X |