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1 Modality and modalisation from the perspective of communicative needs
2 Discourse modalisation
3 Empirical data: Accounts in semi-structured interviews
4 Modalisation of propositional content: Signalling degrees of generalisation in categorising statements
5 Modalisation of illocutionary force: Signalling trustworthiness of statements
6 Modalisation of interaction management: Signalling degree of intersubjectivity
7 Modalisation of own-speech management: Signalling degree of formulation accuracy
8 Concluding remarks