Scaling deontic modality in parliamentary discourse
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 and the weak deontic modalities, in two parli...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Montenegro
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ll.ac.me/ll%203(2)/vukovic%20131-149.pdf |