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Grammar II, UNIT 6

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En este episodio vamos a estar hablando sobre MOOD and MODALITY (Unit 6). Los temas que veremos son: language as an interaction, the system of mood, functional constituents of the mood component of the clause, modality, epistemic vs non epistemic modality


DEFINICIONES ÚTILES:

  • SPEECH ROLES: to establish a relationship between ourselves and our interlocutor, we take up different roles in the exchange.
  • SYSTEM OF MOOD: it belongs to the interpersonal metafunction of language and is the grammatical resource for realising interactions.


    • SPEACH FUNCTIONS:

    • Giving information (statement; declarative)
    • Giving goods and services (offer; various moods)
    • Demanding information (question; interrogative)
    • Demanding goods and services (command; imperative)

      • CONGRUENT REALISATION: each major mood is associated with the realisation of the 4 speech functions.

      METAPHORICAL OR INDIRECT SPEECH ACT: when these grammatical realisations are realised by means of other mood structures which are not the typical ones


      FUNCTIONAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE MOOD COMPONENT OF THE CLAUSE:

      • Subject
        • Finite (temporal finite verbal operator: it gives tense to the finite; finite modal operators: express the speaker's judgement of how likely or unlikely sth is)


          • MODALITY: the different ways in which a speaker can intrude on his/her message, expressing attitudes and judgements of various kinds.

          • Epistemic modality (likelihood)
          • Non-epistemic (*)

            • *Non- epistemic modality:

            • Requirement (high = obligation, prohibition, necessity; mid= advice; low= permission or lack of necessity
            • Inclination (high = determination; mid= intention; low = willingness)
            • Frequency
            • Ability/Possibility (internal skills = ability; external circumstances= potentiality)


              • HIGH requirement linguistic expressions: must, must not, can not, wil, will not (modal aux); have got, need (semi modal); is supposed/requested, are allowed to (modal verb)

              MID requirement linguistic expressions: should [not], ought [not] to (modal aux); require (modal verb); it is advisable/recommended/convenient (attributive clauses)

              LOW requirement linguistic expressions: can, may [not], might [not], could (modal aux); need not (semi modal), allow (modal verb)



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