The Addressee of a Deontic-modified Sentence – the Case of Primary Law of the European Union in Spanish Cover Image

El destinatario del enunciado modalizado deónticamente a partir del análisis de textos de derecho primario de la Unión Europea en español
The Addressee of a Deontic-modified Sentence – the Case of Primary Law of the European Union in Spanish

Author(s): Agnieszka Wiltos
Subject(s): Civil Law, Lexis, Semantics, EU-Legislation
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: addressee of the normative statement; deontic modality; normative statement; primary law of the European Union;

Summary/Abstract: The study describes one aspect of Spanish legal language of the European Union. The material studied consists of texts of the primary law of the European Union, which include the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The study presents ways in which the addressee of a deontically-modified sentence is construed. Three specific types are distinguished: the addressee expressed directly, the indirect addressee and the implied addressee.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 299-310
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Spanish