세계 영어의 지역적 차이에 대한 말뭉치 분석연구

Abstract

A Corpus-based Study of the Dialectal Difference of the World EnglishKim, Joon-KiModality is used to represent a speaker’s subjective opinion or attitude such as volition, possibility, necessity, permission, inference, obligation, ability, etc. Modal auxiliaries (henceforth, modals) play the most important part in representing modality. They are used in epistemic and deontic usages. When modals are used in epistemic usage, they represent the meaning of possibility, necessity, probability, etc. When modals are used in deontic usage, they represent the meaning of ability, permission, volition, order, and obligation. The main purpose of this study is to examine the appropriateness of choosing English newspapers as authentic materials for teaching the concept of modality in English to students and to assess educational implications. The importance of this study is that teachers should make learners understand the basic meanings of modal auxiliaries regardless of a variety of Englishes just rather than provide various authentic materials which does not reflect on the appropriate uses of English modals.