| Lemma | modality |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Sapir (1921) |
| Titolo | Language |
| 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. [...] 'the farmer kills the duckling' [...] RELATIONAL CONCEPTS: Reference: [...] Modality: Declarative: expressed by sequence of 'subject' plus verb; and implied by suffixed '-s'. 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. |