PT Journal
AU Kovacs, M
TI Navigating between obligation and possibility: for an analysis of modalities in university presidents' welcome messages
SO Romanica Olomucensia
PY 2017
BP 35
EP 46
VL 29
IS 1
DI 10.5507/ro.2017.003
DE modality; enunciation; presidents' welcome messages; university-student relationship
AB This paper deals with the analysis of modalities in contemporary university discourse on the basis of a thorough examination of presidents' welcome messages. Taking into account Gosselin's categorization of modalities, the aim of this article is to show how higher education institutions and their students are depicted through the use of various modalities. As this study reveals, universities are often portrayed in terms of the obligations and responsibilities (deontic modality) to be assumed, whereas students are presented with the possibilities (epistemic modality) they can benefit from
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