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Rhetorical Candour: When and How to Say It Straight in Your Academic Manuscript Cover

Rhetorical Candour: When and How to Say It Straight in Your Academic Manuscript

By: Lorelei Lingard  
Open Access
|Mar 2026

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Figure 1

“The Modality Matrix” classifies scholarly claims according to the axes of Warrant (strength of evidence and reasoning) and Commitment (degree of authorial certainty and directness).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.2269 | Journal eISSN: 2212-277X
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 10, 2025
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Accepted on: Feb 5, 2026
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Published on: Mar 13, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2026 Lorelei Lingard, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.