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Aspects of epistemic modality in Tapirapé

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2013
This paper describes some of the resources used by speakers of Tapirapé, a language of the Tupi-Guarani family, to encode source and reliability of information.
Walkíria Neiva Praça
doaj  

Exploring Modality in Analytical Exposition Texts: A Study of Senior High School Students' Writing

Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature
This study examines the application of modality in analytical exposition texts written by senior high school students, focusing on how different modalities convey ideas, judgments, and attitudes.
Siti Khairani Ritonga, T. Silvana Sinar, T. Thyrhaya Zein   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Correlative Study on Epistemic Modal Use and Tolerance of Ambiguity: Based on Functionalist Theories in Second Language Acquisition [PDF]

, 2021
Lai Peng
openalex   +1 more source

A Logic of Knowing How

, 2015
In this paper, we propose a single-agent modal logic framework for reasoning about goal-direct "knowing how" based on ideas from linguistics, philosophy, modal logic and automated planning.
Wang, Yanjing
core   +1 more source

Examining the Affordances of Engineering and Curricular Supports for Learning Among Emerging Bilingual Elementary Afterschool Students

Science Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Engineering design provides students with unique opportunities to engage with disciplinary knowledge and practices by engaging with technologies and each other through the design process. In this paper, we identify how the co‐construction of an engineering afterschool club culture supported students’ engagement in epistemic practices of ...
Kathryn M. Bateman, Gregory J. Kelly, Peter R. Licona, Christine M. Cunningham   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modality, presupposition and discourse [PDF]

This paper provides a semantic analysis of the particles afinal (European Portuguese) and alla fine (Italian) in terms of the notion of truth unpersistence, which can be situated at the intersection of epistemic modality and discourse structure.
Amaral, Patrícia, Del Prete, Fabio
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Belief as Willingness to Bet [PDF]

, 2014
We investigate modal logics of high probability having two unary modal operators: an operator $K$ expressing probabilistic certainty and an operator $B$ expressing probability exceeding a fixed rational threshold $c\geq\frac 12$.
Renne, Bryan, van Eijck, Jan
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Beyond the front page: In‐text citations to patents as traces of inventor knowledge

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary This study introduces in‐text patent‐to‐patent citations—references embedded in the body of patent documents—as a novel data source to trace knowledge flows. Unlike front‐page citations, which often reflect legal requirements, in‐text citations are more likely to originate from inventors and signal meaningful technological ...
Cyril Verluise, Gabriele Cristelli, Kyle Higham, Gaétan de Rassenfosse   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The difference between epistemic and metaphysical necessity [PDF]

, 2017
Philosophers have observed that metaphysical necessity appears to be a true or real or genuine form of necessity while epistemic necessity does not. Similarly, natural necessity appears genuine while deontic necessity does not.
Glazier, Martin
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Robustness assessment of reinforced concrete structures for different failure scenarios

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This study describes the robustness assessment of 3D reinforced concrete structures analyzing the response of the 2D frames in different design configurations and failure scenarios. The structures are characterized by both frames with wide beams and seismic‐resistant frames with deep beams.
E. Miceli, Massimiliano De Iuliis, P. Castaldo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source