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Modality   /mədˈæləti/   Listen
Modality

noun
1.
A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility.  Synonym: mode.
2.
Verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker.  Synonyms: mode, mood.
3.
A particular sense.  Synonyms: sense modality, sensory system.
4.
A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment.



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"Modality" Quotes from Famous Books



... implication being that the speaker wishes to know the truth of the matter and that the person spoken to is expected to give him the information. The interrogative sentence possesses an entirely different "modality" from the declarative one and implies a markedly different attitude of the speaker towards his companion. An even more striking change in personal relations is effected if we interchange the farmer and the duckling. The duckling kills the farmer ...
— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir


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