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has gloss | eng: Deontic modality (abbreviated ) is a linguistic modality that indicates how the world ought to be, according to certain norms, expectations, speaker desire, etc. In other words, a deontic expressions indicate that the state of the world (where world is loosely defined here in terms of the surrounding circumstances) does not meet some standard or ideal, whether that standard be social (such as laws), personal (desires), etc. The sentence containing the deontic modal generally indicates some action that would change the world so that it becomes closer to the standard or ideal. |
lexicalization | eng: deontic modality |
instance of | e/Grammatical mood |
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