Leo Francis Hoye

Biographic Data

ID1136565
NAMELeo Francis Hoye
GIVEN NAMESLeo Francis
FAMILY NAMEHoye
SIGNATUREHOYE L F
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Hong Kong
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS43
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1999
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Adverbs

    Open AccessLeo Francis HoyeCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2026

    Adverbs are among the most problematic areas of English grammar. They are highly mobile, occupy different positions in the sentence, convey a wide variety of meanings, and, as a result, resist easy categorization and analysis. They invite widespread condemnation if overused and are often seen as pleonastic, yet they can and do enhance the discourses they inhabit if used with circumspection. The illustrations used in this entry are mostly corpus‐b…

  • Adverbs

    Open AccessLeo Francis HoyeCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2021

    Adverbs are among the most problematical areas of English grammar. They are highly mobile, occupy different positions in the sentence, convey a wide variety of meanings and, as a result, resist easy categorization and analysis. They invite widespread condemnation if overused and are often seen as pleonastic, yet they can and do enhance the discourses they inhabit if used with circumspection. The illustrations used in this entry are mostly drawn f…

  • Branding a symbol

    Leo Francis Hoye, Ruth KaiserARTICLEIntercultural Pragmatics2007Cited by: 2References: 7

    The advent of cybernetic technology and new digital technologies, together with the speed and effectiveness of their global reach, have undoubtedly impacted in unprecedented ways, quantitatively and qualitatively, on how visual phenomena are modified and transmitted and, in turn, on how we access and respond to them. This new reality—the rise and dominance of imagery—is paralleled by an exponential growth of scholarship in visual studies, with im…

  • Linguistic anthropology and pragmatics

    Open AccessLeo Francis HoyeARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2005Cited by: 1References: 13

  • "You may think that; I couldn't possibly comment!" Modality studies

    Open AccessLeo Francis HoyeARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2005Cited by: 6References: 18

  • "You may think that; I couldn't possibly comment!" Modality studies

    Open AccessLeo Francis HoyeARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2005Cited by: 6References: 20

  • Adverbs and modality in English

    Open AccessLeo Francis HoyeARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics2001Cited by: 28

  • Introduction Pragmatics

    Open AccessLeo Francis Hoye, Leo Hoye et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pragmatics1999