Date of Award
2003
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English Composition
Department
English
Abstract
After defining speaker commitment as it pertains to propositional truth in speech acts and exploring influences and motivations that may effect speaker commitment, this thesis will introduce and define modality in the context of actual speech.
Recommended Citation
Leavell, Deborah Kay, "The avoidance of absolute commitment in speech acts: Modality" (2003). Theses Digitization Project. 2309.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2309
