Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings

The document titled “14 points of Wilson” was announced by the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson in his speech addressed to the United States Congress on 8th January 1918. The speech is one of the most well known documents of the First World War as it touched upon several world issues. T...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1de355dbb04343d1a66d7162c1f34de52021-12-05T14:11:11ZWho is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings2199-605910.2478/slgr-2021-0006https://doaj.org/article/1de355dbb04343d1a66d7162c1f34de52021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2021-0006https://doaj.org/toc/2199-6059The document titled “14 points of Wilson” was announced by the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson in his speech addressed to the United States Congress on 8th January 1918. The speech is one of the most well known documents of the First World War as it touched upon several world issues. The text has been interpreted ever since in respect to the importance and real meaning of points formulated by Wilson. One of the points referred to Poland. The aim of the paper is to focus on the exponents of deontic modality used in that text of historical value and to find the answer to the question concerning the deontic value of each point. The analysis will encompass the principles of deontic logic as well as the meaning of deontic modals in legal discourse at the time of speech delivery as those 14 points should be classified as a text belonging to legal genres. The aim of the paper is to present the historical background and the linguistic analysis in order to find out whether historical facts, interpretations and language used correspond with one another.Matulewska AleksandraMikołajczyk MarekSciendoarticledeontic modals14 points of wilsonlegal translationlegal interpretationsemiotic analysis of legal text meaningsHistory of scholarship and learning. The humanitiesAZ20-999ENStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, Vol 66, Iss 1, Pp 83-103 (2021)
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topic deontic modals
14 points of wilson
legal translation
legal interpretation
semiotic analysis of legal text meanings
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
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14 points of wilson
legal translation
legal interpretation
semiotic analysis of legal text meanings
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
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Matulewska Aleksandra
Mikołajczyk Marek
Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings
description The document titled “14 points of Wilson” was announced by the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson in his speech addressed to the United States Congress on 8th January 1918. The speech is one of the most well known documents of the First World War as it touched upon several world issues. The text has been interpreted ever since in respect to the importance and real meaning of points formulated by Wilson. One of the points referred to Poland. The aim of the paper is to focus on the exponents of deontic modality used in that text of historical value and to find the answer to the question concerning the deontic value of each point. The analysis will encompass the principles of deontic logic as well as the meaning of deontic modals in legal discourse at the time of speech delivery as those 14 points should be classified as a text belonging to legal genres. The aim of the paper is to present the historical background and the linguistic analysis in order to find out whether historical facts, interpretations and language used correspond with one another.
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title Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings
title_short Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings
title_full Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings
title_fullStr Who is Right, Who is Wrong? Interpreting 14 Points of Wilson – A Case Study of Deontic Modals and their Meanings
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