A Corpus Study of Brexit Political Discourse: Exploring Modality through Lexical Modals

This paper aims to analyse the lexical modals used in the political speeches given by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn during the final months of the Brexit process. This study explores whether lexical choice shows the politicians’ commitment to their constituents, particularly to determine which le...

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Published in:	Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
Main Authors:	Encarnación Almazán Ruiz, Aroa Orrequia-Barea
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad de Zaragoza 2024-12-01
Subjects:	modality lexical modals corpus-assisted discourse studies political discourse Brexit
Online Access:	https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/9837