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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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Appellative Constructions with Epistemic Modality Predicates
Научный диалог, 2023 The object of the study is parenthetical constructions, represented in the language by three types — modal, reflexive and appellative. Modal introductory constructions denote the modal status of a proposition.
E. R. Ioanesyan
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Weak and Strong Necessity Modals: On Linguistic Means of Expressing "A Primitive Concept OUGHT" [PDF]
, 2022 This paper develops an account of the meaning of `ought', and the distinction between weak necessity modals (`ought', `should') and strong necessity modals (`must', `have to').
Silk, Alex
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Binding bound variables in epistemic contexts [PDF]
, 2021 Quine insisted that the satisfaction of an open modalised formula by an object depends on how that object is described. Kripke's ‘objectual’ interpretation of quantified modal logic, whereby variables are rigid, is commonly thought to avoid these Quinean
Rabern, Brian
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Acquisition of epistemic marking in Estonian and Russian
Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2016 The article compares the acquisition of epistemic modality in typologically different languages, Estonian and Russian. The longitudinal data of 4 children was used to analyse the first emergence and the further development of lexical markers expressing ...
Viktoria V. Kazakovskaya, Reili Argus
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What is the ‘Future’ of Greek? Towards a Pragmatic Analysis [PDF]
, 2014 The paper investigates the problems related to futurity and modality in modern Greek. The discussion of Greek temporal future expressions is conducted with reference to relevant literature from the areas of English linguistics, cognitive studies and ...
Chiou, Michael
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The expression of certainty and uncertainty in Italian speaking children
Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica, 2014 Epistemic modality expresses the speaker’s attitude of certainty/uncertainty toward the fact/event mentioned in the proposition. In conversation, the use of epistemic modality informs the listener on how much s/he should rely on the pieceof information ...
Maria Silvia Barbieri
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Modalitas Epistemik -Hazu Da dan Padanannya dalam Bahasa Indonesia
Diglosia, 2023 Japanese epistemic modality can be expressed through by linguistic markers, such as adverb markers indicate the gradient or level of the speaker’s assumptions about a specific phenomenon. This study aims to investigate the epistemic modality of Japanese -
Isye Herawati, Fahri Delfariyadi
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Okara: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra, 2017 This is a cognitive pragmatic study of the use of the items of epistemic modality in a narrative fiction. The aims of this study are to identify, analyze and describe the ways the items of epistemic modality are used. Their contextual meanings, functions,
Lalu Muhaimi +2 more
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La traducció de la modalitat deòntica i epistèmica del verb modal sollen en el corpus COVALT [PDF]
, 2016 This paper analyses the translations of the modal verb sollen in the corpus COVALT. First, the deontic and epistemic modality of the verb in German and Catalan are pointed out, and a taxonomy on the use of sollen is suggested ...
Guzmán Pitarch, Josep Roderic
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