Uncovering Deontic Modality in Moana Film's Script

Yolanda, Sekar Arum (2025) Uncovering Deontic Modality in Moana Film's Script. Uncovering Deontic Modality in Moana Film's Script. pp. 1-9.

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This research aims is to find out and reflect on instances that show deontic expressions which are language constructions that express obligation, permission and prohibition in the film Moana. The writer chose the film Moana released on November 25, 2016 by directors John Musker and Ron Clements to analyze because of the enormous cultural influence of this film and its illustration of a protagonist who does not give up easily, has a sense of responsibility and defies traditional limitations. The writer uses Palmer’s concept of deontic modality in his book Mood and Modality. In this research the writer uses qualitative descriptive method. The writer has found thirteen data for this research. Obligation refer to datum 1 and datum 3, prohibition refer to datum 2, datum 4. This research does not find relevant data in the category of permission deontic modality. Key words: Deontic Modality, Moana, Linguistic Analysis

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