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T1 Epistemic modality and discourse connectivity
A1 Berbeira Gardón, José Luis
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 epistemic modality
K1 pragmatic markers
K1 relevance
K1 concessive MAY
AB This article sets out to account for the relation between the so-called epistemic modals and discourse and pragmatic markers such as BUT and ALTHOUGH. I will try to show that the notion of dependent relevance is powerful enough to account for this relation. In this analysis, the role of discourse and pragmatic markers is to guide the addressee's attention towards a piece of evidence that is, in one way or another, inconsistent with the modalized proposition. As a result, the speaker's confidence or commitment to the truth of the modalized proposition is weakened.
PB Cádiz. Universidad de cádiz, Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 1133-682X
YR 1997
FD 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/8479
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/8479
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 17-ene-2021