This article focuses on some major aspects of modality such as, epistemic modality and deontic modality, usage of basic modal verbs, some semimodals that are frequently used and …

Although modals have been thoroughly studied since Aristotle, the formal theory of modality was revolutionized in the 1960’s with the introduction of the possible world semantics by Hintikka …

Modality is a category of linguistic meaning having to do with the expression of possibility and necessity. A modalized sentence locates an underlying or preja-cent proposition in the space …

At its core, modality has to do with necessity and possibility. Inherently: This car goes 90 mph. One explicitizing paraphrase: This car can go 90 mph. Impersonal constructions: It is …

Section 3 provides an overview over the range of mean-ings commonly associated with modality. Semantic approaches dealing with modality are tradition-ally based on the principles of modal …

This paper explores recurring patterns in the expression of modality across languages, and across time and development, to probe whether there are constraints in how modality can be …

Starting from a broad perspective of modality in language, this section dis-cusses, first, the different aspects of modality such as deontic, epistemic, and further subgroups of modality …