Kilic, Veysel2024-03-132024-03-1320132013-2247https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/4006This article provides a syntactic and pragmatic comparison of the use of Turkish and English modal auxiliaries in the expression of modality in the frame of speech act theory. The validity of neither approach will be disputed, but a number of serious shortcomings of the syntactic approach will be emphasized.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessModalitySpeech Act TheoryfunctionperformativeabilitynecessityprobabilitypermissionArticle22101WOS:000408819200001N/A