O verbo modal ‘poder’ no presente do indicativo especificidades da linguagem jurídica em português europeu

With this paper, we intend to present some considerations about the atypical behavior of the verb ‘poder’ in European Portuguese, when considered within the frame of legal language. Having in mind the analysis of two dominant textual typologies in the juridical field – law itself and the judicial sentence – we aim to describe the potential of interpretation concerning some occurrences which may be of interest when the objective is to reflect on the operative variations of this modal in discursive production, translation studies and other related fields.