Abstract

One goal of linguistic theory is to show which expressions determine which contents in which contexts and, conversely, which contents determine which expressions in which contexts. In order for this goal to be realizable, the concept of frequency-based determinacy form is essential. In this paper, aspects of modal expression, modal contents, and modal contexts are viewed within the framework of determinacy grammar, in particular, modal meaning, modal homonymy and polysemy, modal ambiguity resolution, modal scope and sequencing, and modality as causality. In each case, the adopted approach promises to provide precise answers to the questions raised

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