Peer Review: A Corpus-Based Analysis of English Core Modal Verbs and Their Counterparts in Indonesian

Oktavianti, Ikmi Nur (2019) Peer Review: A Corpus-Based Analysis of English Core Modal Verbs and Their Counterparts in Indonesian. Self publishing, India.

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Abstract

This paper examines the core modal verbs in English and their counterparts in Indonesian. It reveals the plausible modality categories dominant among English and Indonesian speakers, identifying the most salient modality categories. The English core modal verbs being investigated are equivalent to can, could, will, would, shall, should, may, might, and must, which have been selected due to their wide us e in formal and non-formal contexts. The analysis indicates the frequency of modal verb usage in English and Indonesian sentence constructions. It provides a contrastive analysis using quantitative and qualitative approaches. Data was collected from several corpora: ARCHER and COCA for English language data and MCP and Wortschatz for Indonesian language data. Data was analysed quantitatively by applying the normalised frequency method and qualitatively by employing the translational identity method. The analysis shows that core modal verbs expressing volition and prediction are most frequently found in English, with the modal verb will being the most frequently used modal verb and its preterite form occupies the third position. As with English, Indonesian also considers the expression of volition and prediction salient because it most frequently uses the modality expression akan. The modal verbs can and could are also used intensively by English speakers, showing that speakers consider the concepts of possibility and permission prominent, as well as prediction and volition. The contrastive analysis shows that, among English and Indonesian speakers, prediction and volition are important notional states in terms of modality expression.
Index Terms: corpus, corpus-based analysis, English, Indonesian, modal verbs

Item Type:	Other
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan) > S1-English Education (S1-Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris)
Depositing User:	Dr. Ikmi Nur Oktavianti
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2021 01:34
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2021 01:34
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/27009

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