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L1 vs L2 spoken modality use: Theoretical considerations – part 1

Publication date: 15.04.2013

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2013, Volume 130, Issue 1, pp. 117 - 127

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.13.008.1139

Authors

Marcin Jaroszek
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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L1 vs L2 spoken modality use: Theoretical considerations – part 1

Abstract

This article discusses the place of modality as a pragmalinguistic phenomenon in communication and the implications of such an investigation for contrastive discourse analysis. It proposes an alternative three-dimensional model of modality, the construction of which is possible through the addition of the affective load of an utterance as a separate variable related to speech modalisation and the assumption that dynamic modality is, in fact, correlated with deontic modality, at least on a prepositional level. The article also discusses the problems when contrastively analysing modality realisation. It highlights that the large number of cross-cultural nuances found in modal devices reflects the enormity of analytic difficulties with which a researcher is likely to be faced.

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Information: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2013, Volume 130, Issue 1, pp. 117 - 127

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

L1 vs L2 spoken modality use: Theoretical considerations – part 1

English:

L1 vs L2 spoken modality use: Theoretical considerations – part 1

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 15.04.2013

Article status: Open

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Marcin Jaroszek (Author) - 100%

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