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  1. 1. Modality in Spiritual Literature : A Corpus Aided Discourse Study on Sadhguru and Eckhart Tolle

    Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Författare :SHOWMIK JOY BHOWMIK; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Spirituality; mystics; modality; modal shading; epistemic; deontic; bigrams; CADS;

    Sammanfattning : This study investigates and discusses how two spiritual teachers from different parts of the world interact with their devotees, what the probable impacts of their interaction are, and whether they speak similarly or differently based on the use of modal auxiliary verbs and pronouns. Linguistically speaking, the mystics mostly have to address their audience/readers in a particular manner with expressions which represent certainty, possibility, obligation and so on; thus, a study of such is necessary and modal auxiliary verbs represent such expressions. LÄS MER