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modality vs grammatical relation

grammatical relation vs modality

modality and grammatical relation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
modality Yes No No No
grammatical relation Yes No No No
As nouns, grammatical relation is a hypernym of modality; that is, grammatical relation is a word with a broader meaning than modality:
  • modality: verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
  • grammatical relation: a linguistic relation established by grammar
modality (noun) grammatical relation (noun)
a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment a linguistic relation established by grammar
a particular sense
a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility
verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
Difference between modality and grammatical relation

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