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Epistemicity and stance

A cross-linguistic study of epistemic stance strategies in journalistic discourse in English and Spanish

Bibliographic Data

ID5966096
AuthorsJuana I Marín Arrese (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Juana I Marín-Arrese (0000-0002-1007-640X, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume17
Issue2
Pages210-225
Publication date2015-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1461445614564523
OpenAlexW2129450520
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited23

This article explores the use of epistemic stance strategies in journalistic discourse in English and Spanish. The linguistic resources of epistemic stance include evidential and modal expressions, as well as verbs of cognitive attitude and expressions of factivity. This article examines the pattern of distribution of epistemic stance expressions in three types of journalistic genres in English and Spanish and the presence of multifunctionality of some evidential expressions in the two languages. The article aims to reveal possible similarities or differences in the use of the stance resources in the various genres and across languages

Cognition · Epistemic modality · Epistemology · Evidentiality · Linguistics · Modal · Modal verb · Sociology · Verb · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology

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