Modality

Modality

1. Category of meaning

   • Used to talk
     • Possibilities
     • Necessities

2. Properties of modals

   • Epistemic
     • In view of the available evidence
   • Deontic
     • In view of his parents’ orders
   • Ability
     • In view of his physical abilities
   • Teleological
     • In view of his goal to get a PhD
   • Bouletic
     • In view of his desire to retire at age 50
   • Serve as
     • Good basis to present issues
     • Theories of modality

3. Is expressed by many categories of lexical items

   • adverbs,nouns, adjectives or auxiliary verbs like must, may, should or have to.

4. Seminal work of Angelika Kratzer about: