RT journal article
T1 A Corpus Study of Brexit Political Discourse: Exploring Modality through Lexical Modals
T2 Un estudio de corpus sobre el discurso político del Brexit: la modalidad a través de los modales léxicos
A1 Almazán-Ruiz, Encarnación
A1 Orrequia Barea, Aroa
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 modality
K1 lexical modals
K1 corpus-assisted discourse studies
K1 political discourse
K1 Brexit
K1 modalidad
K1 modales léxicos
K1 estudios del discurso asistido por corpus
K1 discurso político
AB This paper aims to analyse the lexical modals used in the political speeches given by Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn during the final months of the Brexit process. This study explores whether lexical choice shows the politicians’ commitment to their constituents, particularly to determine which lexical modals each politician uses and which semantic implication(s) these modals convey. The study is descriptive-interpretative and uses the corpus-assisted discourse studies approach. It contributes to research on modality in the English language by examining parts of speech other than (semi)auxiliary modal verbs. As the corpus analysis shows, lexical modals are a prominent resource employed by politicians to present facts to their audience.
SN 1137-6368
YR 2024
FD 2024-12-16
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34339
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34339
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026