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The Society “Commands” That All Members… Deontic Verbs in the Internal Documents of the Philomaths
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The article explores the functioning of deontic verbs in selected types of statements of the Philomaths, primarily in statutes, decrees, and instructions; generally, in statements of a normative character. Texts of this type fulfill two functions: a creative one since they establish a certain state of affairs, and a directive one which involves influencing the behaviour of the recipients. The research is based on two volumes of Materials for the history of the Philomath Society published in Cracow in 1920-1921. The query revealed that deontic verbs are used most frequently in statutes, with words constituting commands being the dominant type, and verbs expressing permission or prohibition being less common. Four components have been distinguished in the semantic-pragmatic structure of the discussed verbs: the originator and the deontic recipient, the potential action, and conditions. Deontic verbs are statements of a normative nature that concern the actions of people who are connected through exchange of ideas, and through mutual intellectual and emotional influence, that is to say, of people who constitute a thought collective as understood by Ludwik Fleck.
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Philomath Society, internal documents of Philomaths, deontic verbs, thought collectiveDetails
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