Definition
An epistemic qualification is a signal of the degree of certainty the speaker has for the proposition expressed by his or her utterance.
Examples
(English)
Here are some examples of epistemic qualifications:
- Expressions of epistemic modality
- certainly
- hope
- know
- perhaps
- think
Kinds
More specific concepts within epistemic qualification.
Sources 1
- Caton 1981, 87–88