Dangling Modifiers in English :An Eclectic study

This research paper follows Quirk, et al. model (1985) that deals with grammar from different perspectives; syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic. Dangling modifiers in English are, therefore, studied here eclectically, since they are ambiguous, rich and multifunctional structures. Due to the fact that there hasn't been any research that focuses on dangling modifiers eclectically, this paper might be of a considerable value in this regard. The problem of this study is to determine how can we investigate dangling modifiers in all of their varieties eclectically and how do they impact sentences comprehension. In this respect, there are a number of questions and hypotheses that are utilized as tentative tests for the treatment of the problem tackled here. One of the most striking hypothesis given here is that dangling modifiers affect the entirety of sentences, including all of their constituent words, rather than just the words they modify. To test the reliability as well as credibility, the data samples consisting 10 distinct texts, as typical samples of the overall corpus consisting of 50 texts, have been gathered from literary works, linguistic textbooks, periodicals, and news reports. These samples have been examined in accordance with the theoretical principles of the multidisciplinary approach depicted in Quirk, et al. model (1985).