¿Debo hacerlo or Tengo que hacerlo? Reflecting on modal polysemy from an interlinguistic perspective
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modality, L2 spanish, deber, tener que, interlanguageAbstract
The study adopts a contrastive approach, showing that the Italian verb dovere may express either deontic or dynamic modality, whereas in Spanish these values are distributed between deber and tener que, depending on the speaker’s stance. From an acquisitional perspective, it examines potential interlanguage interferences in Italian-speaking learners of L2 Spanish and proposes a “modal map” as a tool to support the development of their L2 modal competence
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