EXPLORING THE USE OF MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS IN CORPUS OF CONTEMPORARY OF AMERISCAN ENGLISH (COCA)

Abstract. This paper deals with the frequent use of modal auxiliary verbs in Corpus of Contemporary of American English (COCA). The modal auxiliary modal verbs mentioned as the data are can, could, will, would, may, might, shall, should, and must. Each data collected are taken from Corpus of Contemporary of American English (COCA) in https://corpus.byu.edu/coca/. The research method is descriptive analysis; the present writers describe every data related to their function in each clause. The uses of corpus-based findings of this study have shown several valuable insights. Firstly, the frequency and ranked order of modal auxiliary verbs found in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) has been revealed.  From the nine modal auxiliary verbs that classified into ‘central modals’, it is collected 6,008,840 data. From the total number mentioned, the verb would (1,301,269) is the most frequently used, then it is followed by the verb can (1,228,608), will (1,118,515), could (885,835), may (494,144), should (435,903), might (300,258), must (223,936), and shall (20,372). Secondly, this study has revealed the elements following each of modal auxiliry verbs found in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). This is the important information on the use of modal auxiliary verbs and their structure in real language.Abstrak.  Tulisan ini mengenai frekwensi penggunaan verba bantu modal pada Corpus of Contemporary of American English (COCA). Verba bantu modal yang digunakan sebagai data adalah can, could, will, would, may, might, shall, should, dan must. Setiap data yang  digunakan, dikumpulan dari pada Corpus of Contemporary of American English (COCA) pada  https://corpus.byu.edu/coca/. Metode penelitian yang digunakan di dalam riset ini adalah metode deskriptif; para peneliti menggambarkan setiap data yang berhubungan dengan fungsi pada setiap klausa. Penggunaan korpus di dalam penelitian ini menunjukkan beberapa hal. Pertama, menggambarkan frekwensi  dan urutan penggunaan verba bantu modal di dalam Corpus of Contemporary of American English (COCA). Dari sembilan verba bantu modal yang dikelompokkan ke dalam ‘central modals’ terkumpul 6.008.840 data. Dari keseluruhan data yang terkumpul, verba bantu would (1,301,269) sebagai verba bantu yang paling sering digunakan, diikuti oleh verba bantu modal can (1,228,608), will (1,118,515), could (885,835), may (494,144), should (435,903), might (300,258), must (223,936), dan shall (20,372). Kedua, tulisan ini juga mendeskripsikan unsur-unsur yang mengikuti verba bantu modal yang digunakan di dalam Corpus of Contemporary of American English (COCA). Hal ini merupakan informasi penting mengenai penggunaan verba bantu modal dan strukturnya di dalam pengunaan bahasa yang sebenarnya.