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 ambiguity of …

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 and Kripke.

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 of possibilities …

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 logic.

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 expressed in …

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 related to …