THE USE OF MODALS IN MARITIME LEGAL TEXTS AND THEIR CROATIAN TRANSLATIONS
Sandra Tominac Coslovich
Pages: 80-86
Published: 22 Oct 2024
DOI: 10.62991/LIS1996399592
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Abstract: Modals play a crucial role in legal discourse by contributing significantly to the realization of speech acts that establish a legal text's pragmatic force and validity. In legal language, modals serve various functions such as expressing probability, inclination, obligation, and performativity. They are categorized into epistemic and deontic modality, reflecting different types of modality in legal communication. For instance, the modal auxiliary "shall" is particularly significant in legal English, and often used to convey obligations and permissions. Legal language relies on modality to ensure precision, clarity, and the formal expression of legal concepts, making it a key element in legal communication. Thus, the paper investigates the roles modals perform in maritime legal texts in English and the various ways in which they are translated into Croatian language.
Keywords: modals in legal discourse, maritime legal texts, corpus linguistic tools, modal verb shall, modal verb may, modal verb should
Cite this article: Sandra Tominac Coslovich. THE USE OF MODALS IN MARITIME LEGAL TEXTS AND THEIR CROATIAN TRANSLATIONS. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Language, Individual & Society 18, 80-86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.62991/LIS1996399592
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