A quoi sert la modalisation a posteriori ?
This paper explores Paul Larreya’s concept of a posteriori modalisation. We first come back on Larreya’s distinction between a priori and a posteriori modalisation and suggest that his typology of the uses and functions of a posteriori modalisation requires further enquiry. After commenting on the l...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Anglophonia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/467 |
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| Summary: | This paper explores Paul Larreya’s concept of a posteriori modalisation. We first come back on Larreya’s distinction between a priori and a posteriori modalisation and suggest that his typology of the uses and functions of a posteriori modalisation requires further enquiry. After commenting on the link between modality and illocutionary force, we provide a classification of the different instances of a posteriori modalisation according to their illocutionary forces; the assumption being that this kind of modalisation affects the illocutionary force of the utterance. We then re-assess the concept from a theoretical perspective in the light of the data, which leads us to make minor adjustments to its definition, both extensionally and intensionally. |
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| ISSN: | 1278-3331 2427-0466 |