A CORPUS BASED ANALYSIS OF MODEL VERBS IN BUSINESS DISCOURSE

Abstract

The present research entitled “A Corpus Based Analysis of Model Verbs in Business Discourse” aims to analyze the model verbs in the business speeches of the first decades of 21th century. The target population of the research was the business speeches of two decades from 2001 to 2020. Tow fined the model verbs in these speeches current studies utilize AntConc software to quantify raw and normalized frequencies, allowing researchers to compare specific corporate datasets with larger reference corpora. The study find different kinds of the model verbs including (will, shall, would, should, could, can, may, might, and must) in these speeches of two decades. The result were presented in tables in numerical form. On the base of these results researchers presented some recommendations for the future scholars abd researchers.