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epistemic modality

type of linguistic modality expressing a speaker's evaluation of, degree of confidence in, or belief in a proposition
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epistemic modality

Summary

Key Facts

  • epistemic modality is a type of linguistic modality[1].
  • epistemic modality is a type of irrealis[2].
  • epistemic modality's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/EpistemicModality[3].
  • epistemic modality's different from is recorded as deontic[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include linguistic modality[1] and irrealis[2].

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  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_epistemic-modality_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{epistemic modality}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/epistemic-modality}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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