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Epistemic Future and epistemic modal verbs in Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2020 This paper discusses the semantics of two epistemic operators in Portuguese: the epistemic Future and modal verbs. The idea sustained in the literature for other languages that the epistemic Future has the same semantics as the modal verb (equivalent to)
Rui Marques
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AN ACCOUNT OF EPISTEMIC MODALITY IN SHABAKI
آداب الكوفة, 2016 The present paper aims to propose a classificatory and descriptive account of epistemic modal expressions in Shabaki to recognize their syntactic categories and semantic interpretations.
Abbas Sultan
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Strong epistemic modality in parliamentary discourse
Open Linguistics, 2014 Sounding convincing in order to convince ‒ this simple strategy seems to come in handy for politicians trying to win over the electorate. Strong epistemic modality, which allows politicians to express a great degree of commitment to the truth of the ...
Vukovic Milica
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JoSTrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation, 2023 Court judgments serve as important precedents for future judicial decision-making in common law systems. The legal meanings of judgments are conveyed by specific linguistic devices, among which epistemic modality plays an important role in indicating the
Yanfang Su +2 more
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Norm Conflicts and Epistemic Modals
Cognitive Psychology, 2023 Statements containing epistemic modals (e.g., "by spring 2023 most European countries may have the Covid-19 pandemic under control") are common expressions of epistemic uncertainty. In this paper, previous published findings (Knobe & Yalcin, 2014; Khoo & Phillips, 2018) on the opposition between Contextualism and Relativism for epistemic modals are re ...
Niels Skovgaard-Olsen, John Cantwell
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Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія Іноземна філологія. Методика викладання іноземних мов, 2023 The article is devoted to the study of means of expression of epistemic modality in modern French-speaking discourse. The conceptual base of modality manifestations finds its implementation in language, through which a person convey their knowledge ...
Маryna Voronina, Olena Nesterenko
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A Modal Logic of Epistemic Games [PDF]
Games, 2010 We propose some variants of a multi-modal of joint action, preference and knowledge that support reasoning about epistemic games in strategic form. The first part of the paper deals with games with complete information. We first provide syntactic proofs of some well-known theorems in the area of interactive epistemology that specify some sufficient ...
Emiliano Lorini +1 more
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Вестник Самарского университета: История, педагогика, филология, 2023 The article presents the results of the empirical study aimed at revealing epistemic modality realization in utterances with the verb would in English publicistic texts of analytical political articles.
А. N. Morozova, Yu. V. Karaulshchikova
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The Difference Between Modal Verbs in Deontic and Epistemic Modality
Humaniora, 2012 Modality is always interesting to discuss. Understanding it is crucial for both language teachers and learners. This essay discusses the concept of modality, its types and uses.
Menik Winiharti
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