Modality

Modality

1. is the category of meaning used to talk about possibilities

   • is expressed by many categories of lexical items
     • adverbs
     • nouns
     • aux verbs
     • adjectives
     • It's a facet that expresses the speaker's degree of commitment to perform an action
       • Context plays an important role in determining the modals

2. Kinds of modality

   • Epistemic
   • Deontic
     • Ability
       • Bouletic
         • Teleological