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David, Aika Carla M. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
The present study investigated the dominant verb-phrase structure and the semantic functions of the modal "must" in research papers. It also determined whether the modal "must" conforms to or deviates from the standard modal usage in American English. A total of 122 graduate research papers were analyzed. The findings revealed…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics
Flora, Rhegina Mangrobang; De Vera, Presley V. – Online Submission, 2019
This study draws from the tradition of Corpus Linguistics and attempted to determine the extent grammatical errors manifest in the business correspondence corpora composed by Sophomore BS Business Administration students of Pangasinan State University-San Carlos City Campus, located in San Carlos City, Pangasinan. The study was conducted within…
Descriptors: Grammar, Computational Linguistics, Business Communication, Error Analysis (Language)
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Mencias, Yaweh Lady E.; De Vera, Presley V. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2018
The study anchors on the Linguistic research tradition of Error Analysis (EA), focused on the grammatical errors, specifically on "verb tenses" manifested in the sentences of Japanese ESL learners. The entire respondent population was drawn from the pool of registered learners in 2017 at the Clark Institute of the Philippines Foundation,…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Verbs, Morphemes, English (Second Language)