Strong epistemic modality in parliamentary discourse
Sounding convincing in order to convince ‒ this simple strategy seems to come in handy for politicians trying to win over the electorate. Strong epistemic modality, which allows politicians to express a great degree of commitment to the truth of the utterance, pervades political discourse in general...
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De Gruyter
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Open Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opli.2014.1.issue-1/opli-2014-0003/opli-2014-0003.xml?format=INT |