<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Modality is influenced by different genres and finding the types of modality commonly found in legal texts is the goal of the present paper. Modals are very important because they involve communication about advice, about obligation or permission and they also help us to express our decisions about what we think, about what we know and how strongly we believe that our knowledge is correct. The present study deals with the uses of 'will' and 'would' in legal texts and the comparison with their Romanian counterparts in point of epistemic and deontic modalities.</p></abstract>

Modality is influenced by different genres and finding the types of modality commonly found in legal texts is the goal of the present paper. Modals are very important because they involve communication about advice, about obligation or permission and they also help us to express our decisions about what we think, about what we know and how strongly we believe that our knowledge is correct. The present study deals with the uses of 'will' and 'would' in legal texts and the comparison with their Romanian counterparts in point of epistemic and deontic modalities.

Modality Expressed By <italic>Will</italic> And <italic>Would</italic> In Legal Texts And Their Equivalents In Romanian

“Spiru Haret” University, Craiova, Romania

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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Modality Expressed By  And  In Legal Texts And Their Equivalents In Romanian

Modality is influenced by different genres and finding the types of modality commonly found in legal texts is the goal of the present paper. Modals are very...

Modality Expressed By Will And Would In Legal Texts And Their Equivalents In Romanian

Data publikacji: 24 lis 2015

Zakres stron: 587 - 591

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0100

Słowa kluczowe
modality, epistemic, deontic, equivalence, translation

© 2015 Roxana Petruţa Goga-Vigaru, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Modality Expressed By Will And Would In Legal Texts And Their Equivalents In Romanian

Data publikacji: 24 lis 2015

Zakres stron: 587 - 591

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/kbo-2015-0100

Słowa kluczowemodality, epistemic, deontic, equivalence, translation

© 2015 Roxana Petruţa Goga-Vigaru, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Słowa kluczowe
modality, epistemic, deontic, equivalence, translation