Using a corpus of federal press conferences held by German governments (1990 to 2018), this volume examines the use of modal verbs to see whether and how they influence persuasive argumentation in the opening statements made by speakers and in the processual, interactive process of interpreting political propositions in journalistic discussions. It also investigates how modal verbs vice versa help to make performances more persuasive.

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Annamária Fábián, University of Bayreuth, Germany.