Luận văn thạc sĩ be to and have to + lexical verbs and their modal meanings from functional and cognitive perspectives (a case study based on lifelines textbooks used in hanoi pedagogical university no 2)
1 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES MAI THI ̣ VÂN ANH “BE TO” AND “HAVE TO” + LEXICAL VERBS AND THEIR MODAL MEANINGS FROM FUNCTIONAL AND COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES (A CASE STUDY BASED ON LIFELINES TEXTBOOKS USED IN HANOI PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY NO 2) CẤU TRÚ C “BE TO” VÀ “HAVE TO” + ĐỘNG TỪ CHÍNH VÀ Ý NGHĨA TÌNH THÁI CỦA CHÚNG NHÌN TỪ GÓC ĐỘ NGÔN NGỮ HỌC CHỨC NĂNG VÀ TRI NHẬN (1 NGHIÊN CỨU CỤ THỂ DỰA TRÊN GIÁ O TRÌNH “LIFELINES” ĐƯỢC GIẢ NG DẠY TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI 2) M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15 HANOI, 2010 z 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“LIFELINES” ĐƯỢ C GIẢ NG DẠY TẠI TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC SƯ PHẠM HÀ NỘI 2) M.A MINOR THESIS Field: English Linguistics Code: 60 22 15 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Trầ n Hữu Ma ̣nh HANOI, 2010 37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.99 z 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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1.1 Theory of Grammar 1.1.1 Definitions 1.1.2 Schools of grammar 1.1.2.1 Functional Grammar 1.1.2.2 Halliday‟s Functional Grammar 1.1.2.3 Cognitive Grammar 1.2 Concept of modality and semi- modality in English 1.2.1 Definition of modality 1.2.2 Types of modality 1.2.2.1 Deontic modality 1.2.2.2 Epistemic modality 1.2.2.3 Types of modality in Halliday‟s view 37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.77.99.44.45.67.22.55.77.C.37.99.44.45.67.22.99 z 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(inflectional) and semantic features of semi- modals 18 1.3.3.1 Morphological, syntactic (inflectional) features of semi- modals 18 1.3.3.2 Semantic features of semi- modals 20 1.3.4 Summary 21 CHAPTER 2: INVESTIGATION 22 2.1 Features of modal meanings expressed by „be to‟ and „have to‟ 22 2.1.1 Conventional meanings of „be to” 22 2.1.2 Conventional meanings of “have to” 23 2.1.3 „Be to‟, „have to‟ and the semantic blend between Epistemic and Deontic modality 25 2.1.4 Summary 26 2.1.5 Inflection of „be‟ in present, past, progressive and perfect tense 27 2.1.5.1 Be- as an auxiliary 28 2.1.5.1.1 Be- in forming the progressive 28 2.1.5.1.2 Be- in forming the passive 29 2.1.5.2 Be – a lexical verb / full verb 29 2.1.5.2.1 Be with the perfect aspect 29 2.1.5.2.2 Be with the Progressive Aspect 30 2.2.1 Inflection of „have‟ in present, past, perfect and progressive tense 31 2.3 Structures containing “be to” and “have to” + verb 32 2.3.1 Structures containing „be to‟+ verb 32 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