Definition
Epistemic modality is a modality that connotes how much certainty or evidence a speaker has for the proposition expressed by his or her utterance.
Examples
(English)
- There’s no answer; he must have already left.
Kinds
More specific concepts within epistemic modality.
Sources 4
- Crystal 1985, 110
- Chung and Timberlake 1985, 242
- Bybee 1985, 165–166
- Palmer 1986, 10–11, 51