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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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat: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 |
| Sumario: | 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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