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Table 10 Realizations of subjective/objective modality along the rank-scale in Chinese (excluding.cases that involve rankshifting)

From: From explicit to implicit orientation: mapping rank scale to modality in English and Chinese

Rank

Orientation

Subjective

Objective

clause

explicit

wǒ kàn

我 看

I see

yǒu zhè gè kěnéng

有 这 个 可能

have this MEA possibility

phrase

quasi-explicit

zài wǒ kànlái

在 我 看来

at I see-come

group

implicit

word

implicit