The Structures of Modality in Korean
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Korean has some nouns which are used for expressing ability, possibility and necessity, such as swu (‘ability/possibility’), li (‘(circumstantial) possibility’), and philyo (‘necessity’). As with modal expressions familiar from other languages, for example English can, swu allows both dynamic (ability) and epistemic (possibility) interpretations. In contrast, li only has an epistemic interpretation. These nouns appear in construction either with iss-ta (‘exist’) or eps-ta (‘not exist’). All of the constructions have the superficial form:
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