Modality tests
You can test your understanding of the main types of modality and how they are realised lexically here.
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| The main guides to modality on this site: | |
| modality index | for links to all relevant guides to modality |
| modality map | for a clickable map of the various guides in this section |
| types of modality: epistemic, deontic, dynamic, alethic | introduces the four main types of modality and provides an alternative way of dealing with modality in the classroom. There are links from that guide to the four main types. |
| epistemic modality | for perceptions of truth |
| deontic modality | for perceptions of obligation and duty (this guide includes consideration of alethic modality) |
| dynamic modality | for perceptions of ability and willingness |
| modality without modal auxiliary verbs | for lexical rather than grammatical realisations of expressions of modality |