This report deals with epistemic modality in financial articles, its purpose and meanings in the text.
Communication is crucial for conveying information, facts and ideas in financial articles. To help create an opinionated article with an expressed attitude, the epistemic modality is used. The knowledge and confidence are the main things that shape the epistemic modality.
This report takes a look at four different articles in the finance field and how the epistemic modality is expressed throughout the sentences.