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Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2021
The document titled “14 points of Wilson” was announced by the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson in his speech addressed to the United States Congress on 8th January 1918.
Matulewska Aleksandra, Mikołajczyk Marek   +1 more
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie, Lea Meriläinen, Mikko Laitinen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Modality in Analytical Exposition Texts: A Study of Senior High School Students' Writing

Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature
This study examines the application of modality in analytical exposition texts written by senior high school students, focusing on how different modalities convey ideas, judgments, and attitudes.
Siti Khairani Ritonga, T. Silvana Sinar, T. Thyrhaya Zein   +2 more
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Beyond Literacy: Embracing Illiteracies as Strategic Resistance in Citizenship Education

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article reconsiders the role of citizenship illiteracies in citizenship education, particularly in challenging contexts where direct confrontation is untenable. Traditionally, citizenship education often equates citizenship literacies with positive civic engagement, overlooking the potential value of illiteracies as forms of resistance ...
Jason Cong Lin
wiley   +1 more source

Collective Care and Rural Transitions: The Role of Empathy in Addressing Land Degradation

Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Land degradation in rural areas is often addressed through technical and economic measures, while the relational and emotional dimensions of governance remain underexplored. This study examines how empathy operates within participatory land governance, drawing on a participatory scenario planning (PSP) workshop conducted in the Târnava Mare ...
Ruxandra Malina Petrescu‐Mag, Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Ramona Balc   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conditionals and KK

Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 371-384, June 2026.
Abstract In this paper, we explore the tension between the KK thesis and an attractive principle concerning the assertability of conditionals. We explore the prospects for defending the KK thesis against the problems posed, and conclude that they are dim.
John Hawthorne, Yoaav Isaacs
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative Justice in Later Life: A Critical Discourse Study and Bioethics‐of‐Vulnerability Analysis of Older Adults' Primary Care in Spain

Nursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Older adults' experiences of primary care are shaped not only by service capacity but by the language and routines through which access and care are organised. Using a qualitative Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) approach informed by the bioethics of vulnerability, we analysed interviews and focus groups with 12 community‐dwelling older adults
Pablo Martínez‐Angulo, María José Millán‐Eslava   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Creating a Female Space Within Neo‐Nazi Movements: The British Movement's Women's Section in Flintshire

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT In September 1976, British Tidings, a publication of the Neo‐Nazi political organisation, BM, announced they were to begin a women's division. Their Headquarter was based in Queensferry, Flintshire, North Wales; on the cusp of the English border.
Katherine Niamh McCoubrey
wiley   +1 more source

Intersubjective strategies in deontic modality: evidential functions of Spanish deber ‘must’

Kalbotyra, 2017
The principal aim of this study is to examine the Spanish modal verb deber ‘must’ in its deontic readings, relating it to the notions of evidentiality and intersubjectivity.
Miriam Thegel
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A Genre Approach to the Translation of Political Speeches Based on a Chinese-Italian-English Trilingual Parallel Corpus

SAGE Open, 2020
Using a trilingual parallel corpus, this article investigates the translation of Chinese political speeches in Italian and English, with the aim to explore cross-linguistic variations regarding translation shifts of key functional elements in the genre ...
Yu Danni
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