Modelling through modality(Re)shaping Brexit

  1. Aroa Orrequia-Barea 1
  2. Encarnación Almazán Ruiz 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04mxxkb11

  2. 2 Universidad de Jaén
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    Universidad de Jaén

    Jaén, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0122p5f64

Zeitschrift:
ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies

ISSN: 2531-1654,  2531-1646

Datum der Publikation: 2021

Nummer: 42

Seiten: 127-153

Art: Artikel

DOI: 10.24197/ERSJES.42.2021.127-153 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Andere Publikationen in: ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies

Zusammenfassung

Due to Brexit, the UK has been involved in a continuous political debate between Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, and Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition. This paper compares and analyses the modality used in a corpus consisting of their political speeches until Brexit day. Modal verbs are used to express ability, possibility, willingness, certainty, obligation and necessity. Politicians’ choice of certain words can be a useful tool to affect voters’ decisions and modality is a resource which reinforces that influence. The findings show remarkable similarities between both politicians and reveal that possibility is the most frequent meaning of the modal verbs used in the corpus.

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