Parts of speech and spheres of modality in English and Czech

HLADKÝ, Josef. Parts of speech and spheres of modality in English and Czech. Brno studies in English. Brno: MU, 1983, roč. 15, s. 87-109. ISSN 1211-1791.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: Parts of speech and spheres of modality in English and Czech
• Název anglicky: Parts of speech and spheres of modality in English and Czech
• Autoři: HLADKÝ, Josef.
• Vydání: Brno studies in English, Brno, MU, 1983, 1211-1791.

Další údaje

• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• Organizační jednotka: Pedagogická fakulta
• Klíčová slova anglicky: parfts of speech; modality
• Štítky: modality, parfts of speech

Anotace

An analysis of a number of English and Czech texts, both written and spoken, has shown differences between types of texts and between the two languages. In English newspaper editorials the proportion of spheres of modality is as follows: probability 39 per cent, necessity 29 per cent, and possibility 24 per cent, while in the Czech editorials the scale is 45 per cent possibility, 36 per cent necessity, and 12 per cent probability. The link to the political system of those times is obvious. The most frequent part of speech expressing modality is the adverb in Czech and the verb in English.

Anotace anglicky

An analysis of a number of English and Czech texts, both written and spoken, has shown differences between types of texts and between the two languages. In English newspaper editorials the proportion of spheres of modality is as follows: probability 39 per cent, necessity 29 per cent, and possibility 24 per cent, while in the Czech editorials the scale is 45 per cent possibility, 36 per cent necessity, and 12 per cent probability. The link to the political system of those times is obvious. The most frequent part of speech expressing modality is the adverb in Czech and the verb in English.