Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents

Miholjančan, Tina

doi:10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, Vol. 50 No. 1, 2024.

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https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents

Tina Miholjančan ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

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APA 6th Edition

Miholjančan, T. (2024). Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, 50 (1), 111-132. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

MLA 8th Edition

Miholjančan, Tina. "Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents." Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, vol. 50, no. 1, 2024, pp. 111-132. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6. Accessed 18 May 2026.

Chicago 17th Edition

Miholjančan, Tina. "Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents." Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik 50, no. 1 (2024): 111-132. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

Harvard

Miholjančan, T. (2024). 'Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents', Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, 50(1), pp. 111-132. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

Vancouver

Miholjančan T. Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents. Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik [Internet]. 2024 [cited 2026 May 18];50(1):111-132. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

IEEE

T. Miholjančan, "Deontic Modality in the Statute of the University of Zagreb: The Case of Croatian Modal Verbs moći, morati, smjeti, and trebati and Their English Equivalents", Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik, vol.50, no. 1, pp. 111-132, 2024. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.50.1.6

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to investigate deontic modality by using the example of Croatian modal verbs moći, morati, smjeti and trebati in a legal text, and to compare them with their equivalents in the official English translation of the same text. The legal text that is used in the analysis is The Statute of the University of Zagreb which contains fundamental governance provisions of the University. The contrastive analysis aims to point out similarities and differences in the meaning and use of Croatian and English deontic modal verbs.