Publications

Publication details [#64400]

Greco, Paolo. 2018. Evidentiality and epistemic modality in witness testimony in the context of Italian criminal trials. Journal of Pragmatics 128 : 128–136.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | evidential | modality | sociolinguistics | testimony

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Evidential strategy usage is pivotal in trial contexts. Attorneys utilize the equivocations between evidentiality and epistemic modality. Sociolinguistic aspects are crucial factors in the usage of evidential strategies in trials.