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<p>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). Based on English modality framework, this paper discusses the uses of modals in expressing author’s attitude in Romanian and Serbian scientific discourse (social sciences and humanities) and compares these uses in the two languages.</p>
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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). Based on English modality framework, this paper discusses the uses of modals in expressing author’s attitude in Romanian and Serbian scientific discourse (social sciences and humanities) and compares these uses in the two languages.

Epistemic and Deontic Modality in Romanian and Serbian Scientific Discourse

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Modal verbs expressing epistemic and deontic modality can be used as discourse markers to implicate the authors’ attitude to the propositional content (doubt,...

Epistemic and Deontic Modality in Romanian and Serbian Scientific Discourse

Publié en ligne: 26 déc. 2021

Pages: 43 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0005

Mots clés
deontic modality, discourse, epistemic modality, Romanian, Serbian

© 2021 Predrag Novakov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Epistemic and Deontic Modality in Romanian and Serbian Scientific Discourse

Publié en ligne: 26 déc. 2021

Pages: 43 - 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0005

Mots clésdeontic modality, discourse, epistemic modality, Romanian, Serbian

© 2021 Predrag Novakov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
deontic modality, discourse, epistemic modality, Romanian, Serbian