Items for "modality"

Speaking Authoritatively: On the Modality and Factuality of Expert Talk in Greek Television Studio Discussion Programs

Taking Hunston's (1994) model of evaluation in written academic discourse as a point of departure, this paper explores the ways in which experts in Greek television studio discussion programs evaluate the ‘status’ of their statements on-line in terms of the truth and reliability ascribed to them...

Keywords: Evaluation, expertise, factuality, modality, television talk, goals of communication