Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)

In this article, we analyse the modal forms sans doute and sin duda. Despite their formal similarity, they do not always represent the same degree of certainty in French and Spanish. After a detailed analysis of their use in both languages, our conclusions show that sans doute is a probability marke...

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Autores: Miche, Elisabeth, Lorda, Clara U.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/34081
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ld.4.1.03mic
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Certainty
Discourse genres
Evidential
Modal
Probability
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spelling Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)Miche, ElisabethLorda, Clara U.CertaintyDiscourse genresEvidentialModalProbabilityIn this article, we analyse the modal forms sans doute and sin duda. Despite their formal similarity, they do not always represent the same degree of certainty in French and Spanish. After a detailed analysis of their use in both languages, our conclusions show that sans doute is a probability marker, whereas sin duda is an (almost) certainty marker. After examining the relationship of these modal markers with evidentiality, we underscore the epistemic character of both markers; they are related to belief and subjectivity, thus the nature of certainty that they express is indirect and subjective. Sin duda manifests a higher degree of conviction than sans doute.This study was undertaken within the framework of a research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FFI2011-25755: Modalidad epistémica, evidencialiad y gramaticalidad: análisis contrastivo inter e intralingüístico en el discurso oral y escrito).John Benjamins Publishing201820182014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/34081http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ld.4.1.03micreponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésLanguage and Dialogue. 2014;4(1):42–57. DOI 10.1075/ld.4.1.03micinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/FFI2011-25755© John Benjamins Publishing http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ld.4.1.03mic. Publisher should be contacted for permission to re-use or reprint the material in any form.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/340812026-06-12T07:21:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
title Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
spellingShingle Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
Miche, Elisabeth
Certainty
Discourse genres
Evidential
Modal
Probability
title_short Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
title_full Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
title_fullStr Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
title_full_unstemmed Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
title_sort Probability and certainty markers in French and in Spanish (sans doute / sin duda)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Miche, Elisabeth
Lorda, Clara U.
author Miche, Elisabeth
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Lorda, Clara U.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Certainty
Discourse genres
Evidential
Modal
Probability
topic Certainty
Discourse genres
Evidential
Modal
Probability
description In this article, we analyse the modal forms sans doute and sin duda. Despite their formal similarity, they do not always represent the same degree of certainty in French and Spanish. After a detailed analysis of their use in both languages, our conclusions show that sans doute is a probability marker, whereas sin duda is an (almost) certainty marker. After examining the relationship of these modal markers with evidentiality, we underscore the epistemic character of both markers; they are related to belief and subjectivity, thus the nature of certainty that they express is indirect and subjective. Sin duda manifests a higher degree of conviction than sans doute.
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