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Lemma  modality 
Categoria grammaticale  N 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  form (inglese)
language (inglese)
sentence (inglese)
sequence (inglese)
speaker (inglese)
suffix (inglese)
to express (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

The interrogative sentence possesses an entirely different 'modality' from the declarative one and implies a markedly different attitude of the speaker towards his companion.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.87

[...] 'the farmer kills the duckling' [...] RELATIONAL CONCEPTS: Reference: [...] Modality: Declarative: expressed by sequence of 'subject' plus verb; and implied by suffixed '-s'.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.88

By 'modalities' I do not mean the matter of fact statement, say, of negation or uncertainty as such, rather their implication in terms of form. There are languages [...] which have as elaborate an apparatus of negative forms for the verb as Greek has of the optative or wish-modality.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.108

 
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