MODALITY

Modality

In semiotics, a modality is a particular way in which information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre. It is more closely associated with the semiotics of Charles Peirce than Ferdinand de Saussure because meaning is conceived as an effect of a set of signs. In the Peircean model, a reference is made to an object when the sign is interpreted recursively by another sign, a conception of meaning that does in fact imply a classification of sign types.

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modality

Noun

  1. the state of being modal
  2. the classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode
  3. the inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker; mood
  4. A method of diagnosis or therapy.
  5. Any of the senses (such as sight or taste)
  6. a particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre
  7. the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
  8. the subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes
  9. a concept in structuration theory


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