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<p>from Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''modal''' expression indicates the attitude of the [[speaker]] with respect to the [[truth value]] of the [[proposition]] expressed. <br /> <br /> ===Examples=== <br /> <br /> Examples of modal expressions are ''maybe, probably, possibly, may, can,'' etc. <br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> <br /> [[Modal verb]]s (or 'auxiliaries' because of their defective flexion) are known to allow a non-modal interpretation. Thus ''you may go'' can either mean that the speaker feels that it is possible that you will go (the so-called [[epistemic]] reading) or it can mean that you are allowed to go (the so-called [[root]] interpretation). <br /> <br /> ===Link===<br /> <br /> [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Modal&amp;lemmacode=548 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br /> <br /> ===Other languages===<br /> German [[modal (de)]]<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Semantics]]</div>

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