1. What is modality? Modality is concerned with expressing opinions and attitudes. Modality in general is defined similarly in many reference books. For example Quirk‚ Greenbaum‚ Leech and Svartvik (1985) claim‚ that “at its most general‚ modality may be defined as the manner in which the meaning of a clause is qualified so as to reflect the speaker’s judgment of the likelihood of the proposition it expresses being true” (p. 219). However‚ the authors deal with the term modality mainly in connection
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Cardinality and Modality Cardinality and Modality work together to define the relationship. Cardinality indicates the maximum number of times an instance in one entity can be associated with instances in the related entity. Modality indicates the minimum number of times an instance in one entity can be associated with an instance in the related entity. Thus‚ Modality is also called participation because it denotes whether or not an instance of an entity MUST participate
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Communication Modalities Technology is becoming more and more advanced as each year passes by and with that comes numerous different ways of being able to communicate with each other besides in person‚ over the phone‚ or through the postal mail. There are about 6.9 billion people around the world connected to the internet and many of them connect using gadgets such as iPads or smart phones along with the usual desktop or laptop computers (Internet World Stats‚ 2011). The internet is the
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Winters states that the two terms (modalities and sodalities) are representatives of the two primary structures of early Christianity. He states that the two rose from pre-existing Jewish structures. Winter provides a clear definition of the terms: Modalities: It is a structured fellowship where there is no distinction of age or sex. Denominations and local congregations are examples of modalities. This structure arose from a Jewish styled pattern‚ known as a synagogue‚ that was a prototype
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repeated offenses among participants‚ increase the mental health and efficiency of society‚ and ultimately reduce future costs associated with jailing repeated offenders. Several studies have been done to investigate the effects of various treatment modalities
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Modalities of Therapy that can be used in Hypnotherapy By Jody Wood The history of hypnosis is a bit like a history of breathing. Like breathing‚ hypnosis is an inherent and universal trait‚ shared and experienced by all human beings since the dawn of time. It’s only in the last few decades that we’ve come to realise that hypnosis itself hasn’t changed for millennia‚ but our understanding of it and our ability to control it has changed quite profoundly. The history of hypnosis‚ then‚ is really
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Communication Modalities Communication Modality Used For Marketing in Health Care: Email Miscommunication can be a significant challenge in the health care market. Strategies to improve communication with patients include a variety of communication modalities. Consumers and providers both benefit from the variety of communication modalities; one specific beneficial mode of communication used is e-mail. Providers‚ who have good communication relationships with patients led to patient satisfaction
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I. Summary The stimulus package was created by President Obama and his administration to help the recovery of America’s recession. The stimulus package was designed to give tax payers extra money that they will spend on the economy lifting America out of the recession. However‚ instead of using the stimulus package‚ the money could’ve been saved and still achieve the same effect as the stimulus package. Saving money will “have precisely the same impact on national income as spending.”This is
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countries‚ made a commitment to provide timely stimulus to domestic demand while maintaining a sustainable medium-term fiscal strategy (Swan & Tanner‚ Updated Economic and Fiscal Outlook‚ 2009‚ p. 35). In December 2008 the government introduced a $10.4 billion stimulus package; the Economic Security Strategy‚ and in February 2009 the $42 billion National Building and Jobs plan was introduced (see Appendix A for details of the Stimulus). The aim of both stimulus packages was to stimulate the economy as
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Introduction 2. Peculiarities of English modality 1. Modality 2. The linguistic expression of modality 3. Types of modality (according to Bybee) 4. Epistemic‚ deontic and dynamic modality 5. Flexibility of meaning 3. Practical part 3.1. English advertisements analysis 4. Conclusions 5. References 6. Summary in Lithuania 7. Appendix Introduction I chose “Modality in English Newspaper Advertisements”
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