Strong epistemic modality in parliamentary discourse
Strong epistemic modality in parliamentary discourse
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议会话语中的强认知模式
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2014
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M. Vuković
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M. Vuković
抽象听起来令人信服，以使人信服--对于试图赢得选民支持的政客来说，这个简单的策略似乎很有用。强烈的认知情态使政治家能够在很大程度上表达对话语真实性的承诺，它普遍存在于政治话语中，尤其是议会话语中。本文的目的是考察表达确定性和承诺的语言手段，即系统地研究英国议会语言中的强认知情态。本文从定性和定量两个方面对强认知副词、动词、名词和形容词进行了考察，并对其在工党和反对党话语中的使用进行了反思。研究结果表明，在议会语篇中存在较强的认知情态，并揭示了它在这类语篇中的使用方式。
Abstract 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 and parliamentary discourse in particular. The aim of the paper is to examine the linguistic devices employed to express certainty and commitment, i.e. to study strong epistemic modality systematically in the UK parliamentary language. The examination is carried out on strong epistemic adverbs, verbs, nouns and adjectives both quantitatively and qualitatively, and some reflections regarding their use in the Labour and the opposition discourse are presented. The results point to a relatively strong presence of strong epistemic modality in parliamentary discourse and light is shed on the ways it is used in this type of discourse.