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linguistic modality

feature of language that allows for communicating things about, or based on, situations which need not be actual
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linguistic modality

Summary

linguistic modality ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,514 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • linguistic modality is a type of modality[2].
  • linguistic modality's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Linguistic modality[3].
  • linguistic modality's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[4].
  • linguistic modality's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ModalityProperty[5].
  • linguistic modality's uses is recorded as grammatical mood[6].
  • linguistic modality's characteristic of is recorded as language[7].

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Definition and Type

linguistic modality is a type of modality[2].

Why It Matters

linguistic modality ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,514 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

multimodal artificial intelligence

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ModalityProperty
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/ModalityProperty"
  2. 19d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → modality
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1516917]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0266419-modalita-lingvistika
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0266419-modalita-lingvistika, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Linguistic modality
    New encyclopedic dictionary of czech id → MODALITA
    Uses → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9173, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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