Table 5 MODALITY in clauses as statements
From: Recreating the image of Chan master Huineng: the roles of MOOD and MODALITY
Wong | Heng | Cleary | Cheng | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clauses without MODALITY | 703 (85 %) | 781 (91 %) | 860 (93 %) | 643 (69 %) | |
Clauses with MODALITY | 129 (15 %) | 74 (9 %) | 63 (7 %) | 286 (31 %) | |
Low value | 42 (32 %) | 12 (16 %) | 10 (16 %) | 44 (15 %) | |
can | 8 | - | 2 | 14 | |
could | - | - | - | 17 | |
may | 33 | 9 | 8 | 11 | |
might | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | |
I gather | - | - | - | - | |
Median value | 73 (57 %) | 48 (65 %) | 29 (46 %) | 220 (77 %) | |
will(not) | 38 | 41 | 23 | 45 | |
shall(not) | 5 | 1 | - | 19 | |
would(not) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 156 | |
High value | 14 (11 %) | 14 (19 %) | 24 (38 %) | 22 (8 %) | |
cannot | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | |
must | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
certainly | - | - | 1 | - | |
surely | - | - | 2 | - | |
always | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | |
never | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | |
Total clauses | 832 | 855 | 923 | 929 | |