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Publication details [#2895]

D'Urso, Valentina and Laura D'Odorico. 1977. La trasmissione dell'incertezza: Forme verbali e forme dubitative esplicite. In Mosconi, Giuseppe and Valentina D'Urso, eds. Psicologia e retorica. Il Mulino. pp. 55–63.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

Italian

Keywords

certainty | newspaper report | subjunctive

Annotation

Relying on experimental evidence, the authors argue that the conditional mood, when used (as in newspapers) in reporting information, is the most successful linguistic device for communicating uncertainty.