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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] moede, from [[Latin]] modus [[measure]], [[manner]], musical mode | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] moede, from [[Latin]] modus [[measure]], [[manner]], musical mode |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century] |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1a : an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or [[tones]] of an [[octave]] according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals | | *1a : an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or [[tones]] of an [[octave]] according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals |
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| *8: any of various stationary [[vibration]] [[patterns]] of which an elastic [[body]] or oscillatory system is capable <the [[vibration]] mode of an airplane propeller blade> <the vibrational modes of a [[molecule]]> | | *8: any of various stationary [[vibration]] [[patterns]] of which an elastic [[body]] or oscillatory system is capable <the [[vibration]] mode of an airplane propeller blade> <the vibrational modes of a [[molecule]]> |
| ==Description== | | ==Description== |
− | In [[semiotics]], a '''modality''' is 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]]. It is more closely [[associated]] with the [[semiotics]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Peirce] (1839-1914) than [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure Saussure] (1857-1913) 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 (or representamen) is [[interpreted]] recursively by another sign (which becomes its interpretant), a conception of [[meaning]] that does in fact imply a [[classification]] of sign [[types]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modality_%28semiotics%29] | + | In [[semiotics]], a '''modality''' is 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]]. It is more closely [[associated]] with the [[semiotics]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce Charles Peirce] (1839-1914) than [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure Saussure] (1857-1913) 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 (or representamen) is [[interpreted]] recursively by another sign (which becomes its interpretant), a conception of [[meaning]] that does in fact imply a [[classification]] of sign [[types]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modality_%28semiotics%29] |
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| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |