摘要
情态动词和模糊语历来不是我们外语教学的重点，然而它们在高级英文写作（如学术论文写作）中却起到了举足轻重的作用。最近，在阅读研究生论文时发现，中国学生写的学术论文（除了某些研究方法上和语言上的常见问题外）最主要的是在语气和语言风格上与本民族语言人有明显...
Abstract Modal verbs and vague language seem to play an important role in academic writing,though they have never been given adequate attention to in English language teaching.Through a detailed comparative analysis of 30 academic papers written by both Chinese and English speakers,the paper concludes that a correct use of modal verbs and vague language could promote the readability of an academic paper,especially its language appropriacy and accuracy,and the acceptability and objectiveness of its ideas.
出处
《外语与外语教学》
CSSCI
北大核心
1998年第7期23-24,34+56,共4页
Foreign Languages and Their Teaching
