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Norvegų kalbos modalinių veiksmažodžių semantika. The semantics of the Norwegian modal auxiliary verbs [PDF]
Kalbotyra, 2007 In this paper, I have tried to show that the meanings of Modern Norwegian modal verbs may best be described in terms of gradable scales (clines) both with respect to epistemic and non-epistemic modality.Epistemic modality deals with the degree of ...
Ugnius Mikučionis
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Modalidade epistémica e evidencialidade nos sermões católicos na língua portuguesa
Studia Iberystyczne, 2014 EVIDENTIALITY AND EPISTEMIC MODALITY IN CATHOLIC SERMONS IN PORTUGUESE Epistemic modality indicates the degree of certainty or doubt speakers have for the proposition expressed by their utterance.
Małgorzata Wielgosz
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Evidentiality and other types readjusted: Interpersonal modality revisited
Journal of World Languages, 2021 Interpersonal modality, bifurcating modalization and modulation, is an important construct of interpersonal meaning in the architecture of Systemic Functional Linguistics.
Zhou Jiangping
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Generic and action-dependent abilities in Spanish ‘Be capable’
Glossa, 2018 This paper is concerned with the semantics of Spanish ser capaz ‘be capable’ (henceforth SC). Specifically, it aims to account for the distribution SC displays and the range of meanings it expresses in the realm of abilities, viewed as kinds of ...
Elena Castroviejo, Isabel Oltra-Massuet
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Epistemic Modality: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Epistemic Markers in EU and Polish Judgments
Comparative Legilinguistics, 2020 The aim of this paper is to establish the repertoire and distribution of verbal and adverbial exponents of epistemic modality in English- and Polish-language judgments passed by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) and non-translated judgments passed by
Koźbiał Dariusz
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Abstract This chapter develops an inferential expressivist account of epistemic modality. The chapter begins by showing that while a traditional expressivist approach accounts for certain well-known puzzles about the semantics of epistemic modality, it falls prey to a version of the Frege-Geach Problem.
Luca Incurvati, Julian J. Schlöder
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The Orthologic of Epistemic Modals
Journal of Philosophical LogicMinor edits for final version forthcoming in Journal of Philosophical ...
Wesley H. Holliday, Matthew Mandelkern
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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2016 Kokkuvõte. Artiklis uuritakse episteemilist modaalsust hispaania ja eesti keele võimalikkusmodaalverbide semantikas. Võrdlus lähtub hispaania keele modaalverbist poder, vaadeldes selle episteemilise kasutuse tõlkevasteid ilukirjandusteostes.
Triin Lõbus
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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
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Exploring Modality in Analytical Exposition Texts: A Study of Senior High School Students' Writing
Journal of Applied Linguistics and LiteratureThis 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 +2 more
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