“We believe in democracy…”: Epistemic Modality in Justin Trudeau’s Political Speeches

This article investigates epistemic modality in political discourse. It focuses on modality markers in terms of their word classes, semantic meanings and discourse functions in political speeches. The data were taken from three speeches delivered by the 23rd Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tofan Dwi Hardjanto, Nala Mazia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Gadjah Mada 2019-05-01
Series:Humaniora
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Online Access:https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jurnal-humaniora/article/view/44948