“We believe in democracy…”: Epistemic Modality in Justin Trudeau’s Political Speeches

Hardjanto, Tofan Dwi; Mazia, Nala

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“…There have been some pragmatic studies which investigates political speeches, for instance Hardjanto and Mazia (2018) investigated epistemic modality in Justin Trudeau's presidential speeches; Khoirunnisa (2015) investigates illocutionary acts in Soekarno's 1995 Asian-African Conference; Akinwotu (2013) Lazuka (2003) investigated communicative intention in George W. Bush's presidential speeches from 2001-2003. Nevertheless, the studies about Donald Trump's presidential speeches are still rare compared to other US presidents. Thus, the present study attempts to fill the gap by analyzing a more specific illocutionary act, namely assertive speech acts in Donald Trump's presidential speeches.…”

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Assertive Speech Acts in Donald Trump’s Presidential Speeches

Ashfira

Hardjanto

2021

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This research investigates assertive speech acts in Donald Trump’s presidential speeches. It classifies the assertive speech acts based on their illocutionary forces according to Bach and Harnish (1979). The data were taken from three speeches by Donald Trump. The results show that the illocutionary forces of assertive speech acts found in the speeches are affirming, alleging, asserting, avowing, claiming, declaring, denying, maintaining, propounding, saying, and stating. The act of stating is the most commonly used (44%). The findings suggest that Trump uses the act of stating mostly because he wants the hearer to believe him that the policies he has made are the best for the United States.

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Assertive Speech Acts in Donald Trump’s Presidential Speeches

Ashfira

Hardjanto

2021

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“…Generally, EMAdjs are used to make the speaker appear less committed or to protect them from future blame if things go wrong. Therefore, EMAdjs are often seen as devices used by presidents to sound convincing (Hardjanto & Mazia, 2019).…”

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Epistemic Modality through the Use of Adjectives in George W. Bush in Selected Speeches: Urging Countries around the World to Join the War in Iraq

Alsbbagh

Abdullah

2023

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This study provides a detailed analysis of George W. Bush's speeches during the Iraq War, with a focus on his use of epistemic modal adjectives to influence the international community's support for the war. The study draws on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the epistemic modality in six of Bush's speeches, including The State of the Union Speeches and The War Speeches. By utilizing Biber et al.'s (1999, p.5-6) categories of epistemic modality, the study categorizes the adjectives into "Certainty" and "Likelihood" and examines their underlying functions in persuading the public about the Iraq War. The findings highlight that the adjectives served five distinct functions, namely "assertion," "assumption," "conviction," "hedging," and "likelihood/possibility," which were strategically employed by Bush to promote his policy and agenda towards the Iraqi government. The study emphasizes the crucial role of epistemic modality in political speeches and its potential impact on shaping public opinion.

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“…Research on epistemic modality in literary work is limited since most studies have been conducted to general discourse and speeches. Previous researchers on epistemic modality were conducted by Muhaimi & Fadjri (2017) and Hardjanto & Mazia (2019). Muhaimi & Fadjri (2017) reveals that the items of epistemic modality are found dominantly in a narrative fiction to be polysemous and poly-functional in forms of politeness, negotiation, and constructive functions.…”

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“…Muhaimi & Fadjri (2017) reveals that the items of epistemic modality are found dominantly in a narrative fiction to be polysemous and poly-functional in forms of politeness, negotiation, and constructive functions. Meanwhile, Hardjanto & Mazia (2019) findings suggest that epistemic modality is used in Justin Trudeau's political speeches to sound diplomatic and persuasive. This research is conducted not only to divulge the epistemic modality in Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue, but also to reveal how this linguistic feature is transferred into its Indonesian translation.…”

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The Degree of Epistemic Modality in Poe’s the Murders in the Rue Morgue and its Indonesian Translation

Hastuti

2024

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The epistemic modality in detective story helps to build the mysterious atmosphere since its linguistic feature deals with the speaker’s assessment toward the assumptive truth. Readers of detective stories can be captivated by the uncertainty and probability that hinder them from uncovering the truth until the stories end. Thus, this research aims to describe the degree or value of epistemic modality in Poe’s The Murders in the Rue Morgue and its Indonesian equivalent. A descriptive translation approach is used, and a comparative analysis is employed in this research toward the source and target texts. The results show that the modal markers of low degree dominate the English original story, and of the high degree are for the Indonesian translation. However, consistency in translating the degree of epistemic modality is shown by the domination of similar value combination: High-High, Median-Median, and Low-Low. Meanwhile, the types of modal markers presenting the degree of epistemic modality are similarly used in both English and Indonesian versions of the story, except for the relational attributive clause. The English epistemic modality mostly happens in form of positive modal auxiliaries (46.8%) and the Indonesian Epistemic markers are dominated by modal adverbs (27.7%).

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“We believe in democracy…”: Epistemic Modality in Justin Trudeau’s Political Speeches

Cited by 5 publications

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Assertive Speech Acts in Donald Trump’s Presidential Speeches

Assertive Speech Acts in Donald Trump’s Presidential Speeches

Epistemic Modality through the Use of Adjectives in George W. Bush in Selected Speeches: Urging Countries around the World to Join the War in Iraq

The Degree of Epistemic Modality in Poe’s the Murders in the Rue Morgue and its Indonesian Translation

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