Modality - Studies in Form and Function - Alex Klinge
Discourse perspectives on modalisation: The case of accounts in semi-structured interviews
Modality - Studies in Form and Function - Alex Klinge
Lars Fant
University of Stockholm
Description
1 Modality and modalisation from the perspective of communicative needs 2 Discourse modalisation 3 Empirical data: Accounts in semi-structured interviews 4 Modalisation of propositional content: Signalling degrees of generalisation in categorising statements 5 Modalisation of illocutionary force: Signalling trustworthiness of statements 6 Modalisation of interaction management: Signalling degree of intersubjectivity 7 Modalisation of own-speech management: Signalling degree of formulation accuracy 8 Concluding remarks