A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF DEONTIC AND EPISTEMIC VALUES OF THE MODAL SHALL IN LEGAL TEXTS
A CORPUS-BASED ANALYSIS OF DEONTIC AND EPISTEMIC VALUES OF THE MODAL SHALL IN LEGAL TEXTS
Author(s): Roxana Goga-VigaruSubject(s): Semiotics / Semiology
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: deontic meaning; epistemic meaning; modal verbs; modality; semantics
Summary/Abstract: The research conducted in this paper involves domains such as semantics, functional linguistics, translation studies, pragmatics and examines the values and functions of shall as they appear in the chosen legal corpus concerning its deontic and epistemic meanings. The corpus is based on legal texts selected from the electronic database EUR-lex and it consists of a 29,900 word text. The qualitative analysis carried out in this study is complemented by a quantitative approach in search of deontic and epistemic values of the modal verb shall.
Journal: Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice
- Issue Year: IV/2012
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 752-763
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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