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Scaling deontic modality in parliamentary discourse [PDF]
Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text, 2016 In the paper we apply the scalarity principle to deontic modality and classify it into strong, medium and weak, with the ends of the spectrum suggesting the highest and the lowest degrees of imposition and necessity. We study the two extremes, the strong
Milica Vuković Stamatović
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Epistemic and Deontic Modality in Romanian and Serbian Scientific Discourse
Romanian Journal of English Studies, 2021 Modal verbs expressing epistemic and deontic modality can be used as discourse markers to implicate the authors’ attitude to the propositional content (doubt, certainty, hedging).
Novakov Predrag, Lazović Mihaela
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Deontic modals and hyperintensionality
Logic Journal of the IGPL, 2019 Abstract In this paper I argue that deontic modals are hyperintensional, i.e. logically equivalent contents cannot be substituted in their scope. I give two arguments, one deductive and the other abductive. First, I show that the contrary thesis (that deontic modals are not hyperintensional) leads to falsity; second, I argue that a ...
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Deontic Modality Today: Introduction
Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 2014 [Extract] In the summer of 2013, we organized a workshop at the University of Southern California, dedicated to the topic of deontic modality, broadly construed. The articles in this issue represent contributions to that workshop.
Finlay, Stephen, Schroeder, Mark
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Kalbotyra, 2017 This paper deals with the three types of modality – epistemic, deontic and dynamic. It examines the relation between the synchronic uses of the modal auxiliary must and the semi-modals have to and have got to as well as their Lithuanian translation ...
Audronė Šolienė
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O času a způsobu modálních sloves v italštině ve srovnání s angličtinou [PDF]
Časopis pro Moderní Filologii, 2020 The article deals with Italian and English modal auxiliaries, considered as non-grammatical competitors of grammatical means, i.e. the verbal mood, acting as indicators of different modal meanings.
Eva Klímová
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Negation, Polarity, and Deontic Modals [PDF]
Linguistic Inquiry, 2013 Universal deontic modals may vary with respect to whether they scope over or under negation. For instance, English modals like must and should take wide scope with respect to negation; modals like have to and need to take narrow scope. Similar patterns have been attested in other languages.
Iatridou, Sabine, Zeijlstra, Hedde
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DEONTIC MODALITY AND MODALS IN THE LANGUAGE OF CONTRACTS
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2017 The purpose of this paper is to present most typical methods of expressing deontic modality, namely obligation, prohibition and permission in Polish, American and British contracts.
Aleksandra MATULEWSKA
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Investigating the Semantic Development of Modal Markers: The Role of Context
Clotho, 2019 The article tackles the problem of studying diachronic semantic changes of modal markers in Latin. It proposes to do so by using context as a proxy for tracing the development of otherwise unchanging forms.
Tomaž Potočnik, Matej Hriberšek
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MODALITAS KALIMAT PADA ANTOLOGI CERITA PENDEK LUKISAN KALIGRAFI KARYA A. MUSTOFA BISRI [PDF]
Retorika, 2018 Modality Sentence in Short Story Anthology Lukisan Kaligrafi By A. Mustofa Bisri. The aim of this research is to describe about modality sentence as a way to uncover A. Mustofa Bisri's style in short story anthology Lukisan Kaligrafi.
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