La modalité déontique dans le discours juridique : analyse pragma- énonciative des arrêts de la Cour de cassation française

The deontic modality in legal discourse: pragma-enunciative analysis of the judgments of the French Court of Cassation

Authors

  • Ala Eddine BAKHOUCH ISAMT-Université de Gabès | Tunisie FLSHS-Université de Sousse |Tunisie

Keywords:

Deontic modality, legal discourse, pragma-enunciation, Court of Cassation, discourse analysis

Abstract

This research focuses on the manifestations of deontic modality in legal discourse focusing on a body of judgments rendered by “the French Court of Cassation between 2018 and 2023”. By mobilizing the theoretical contributions of pragma-enunciation (Kerbrat-Orecchioni, 2021) and modal semantics (Gosselin, 2020), we will analyze the discursive strategies deployed by magistrates to express “obligation”, “permission” and " the ban ". Our approach, anchored in discourse analysis (Maingueneau, 2022), will
endeavor to detect the nuances between “explicit deontic modality” and “implicit”, while examining their interaction with the other modal dimensions of judicial discourse. In doing so, we aim to shed light on the linguistic mechanisms through which the construction of legal authority and normativity takes place in these highly codified texts (Cornu, 2019).

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Published

2024-12-31

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BAKHOUCH, A. E. (2024). La modalité déontique dans le discours juridique : analyse pragma- énonciative des arrêts de la Cour de cassation française: The deontic modality in legal discourse: pragma-enunciative analysis of the judgments of the French Court of Cassation. The Algerian Journal of Letters, 8(3), 35–54. Retrieved from https://journals.univ-temouchent.edu.dz/index.php/RAL/article/view/454

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2024): Varia

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