Modal verbs in the abstract genre in the field of tourism

Abstract

This paper looks into the use of modal verbs in a corpus of abstracts excerpted from scientific papers in the field of tourism. These texts have been written by specialists in tourism studies. Our study will show the way in which modality is used to show the authors' intention as to the contents of their texts. The pragmatic implications of modal uses will be highlighted bearing in mind the purposes of the abstract genre within the academic paper. The methodology of study is corpus linguistics, and the framework of analysis includes the works of Palmer (1979; Palmer, 1986) and Collins (2009), among others. This paper is part of a larger research on modal verbs in touristic scientific papers.

La posibilidad no epistémica en secciones de artículos de investigación en turismo

“…The tourism research article has not received the attention it deserves (Lin & Evans, 2012), despite being a discipline with great impact on the economies of many countries (Benkraiem et al, 2020, p. 25). Other textual genres related to the tourism register have been studied, as can be seen in the work of Yui Ling Ip (2008), Sulaiman (2014) and Carretero and Zamorano-Mansilla (2015) on promotional texts such as the brochure, Llorens Simón (2022) on digital texts, Lin and Evans (2012), Dolnicar and Chapple (2015), Aluthman (2018) on academic writing texts; and Ahmed (2015), Sabila and Kurniawan (2020), Álvarez-Gil and Domínguez-Morales (2018), Álvarez-Gil and Domínguez-Morales (2021) in the abstract genre of these scientific texts.…”

Whole issue 15.1

“…Llorens Simón (2022) on digital texts, Lin and Evans (2012), Dolnicar and Chapple (2015), Aluthman (2018) on academic writing texts; and Ahmed (2015), Sabila and Kurniawan (2020), Álvarez-Gil and Domínguez-Morales (2018), Álvarez-Gil and Domínguez-Morales (2021 in the abstract genre of these scientific texts.…”

Book review: Stance devices in Tourism-related research articles: A corpus-based study

“…The exploration of stance devices goes beyond the realms of language pragmatics and research papers as a genre, as it also has practical implications for tourism professionals (Álvarez-Gil & Domínguez-Morales, 2021, 2018. Understanding how stance is established can aid professionals in adjusting their language to align with their organization's values and commitment to specific issues, such as responsible tourism, which includes sustainability and cultural sensitivity.…”