The modal verb poder in data of spoken Spanish

• Grant number: 11/20057-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: January 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Sandra Denise Gasparini Bastos
• Grantee: Natália Rinaldi da Silva
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this study we aim to contribute with studies concerning the use of the modal verb "poder", researching, in a functionalist approach to language, which modal values this verb assumes in data of spoken Spanish, considering the classification proposed by Hengeveld (2004), later retaken by Hengeveld and Mackenzie (2008), which considers the target of evaluation (participant-oriented modality, event-oriented modality, and proposition-oriented modality) and the semantic domain of evaluation (facultative modality, deontic modality, volitive modality, epistemic modality, and evidential modality). (AU)