Definition
Deontic modality is modality that connotes the speaker's
- degree of requirement of
- desire for, or
- commitment to the realization of
the proposition expressed by the utterance.
Examples
(English)
You may go at four o’clock.
All elections shall take place on schedule.
Kinds
More specific concepts within deontic modality.
Sources 3
- Crystal 1985, 88
- Chung and Timberlake 1985, 246–247
- Palmer 1986, 10–11, 15, 96–97, 115