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==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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or [[tones]] of an [[octave]] according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals
:b : a rhythmical [[scheme]] (as in 13th and 14th century music)
*2: [[mood]]
*3[Late Latin modus, from Latin] a : [[mood]] 1 b : the modal [[form]] of the assertion or denial of a [[logical]] [[proposition]]
*4a : a particular [[form]] or variety of something <flying and other modes of transport>
:b : a [[form]] or [[manner]] of [[expression]] : style
*5: a possible, [[customary]], or preferred way of doing something <[[explained]] in the usual [[solemn]] mode>
*6a : a [[manifestation]], form, or arrangement of [[being]]; specifically : a particular form or [[manifestation]] of an underlying substance
:b : a particular functioning arrangement or condition : [[status]] <a computer operating in [[parallel]] mode>
*7a : the most frequent [[value]] of a set of [[data]]
:b : a [[value]] of a [[random]] variable for which a [[function]] of [[probabilities]] defined on it [[achieves]] a [[relative]] maximum
*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==
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]
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==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
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1a : an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or [[tones]] of an [[octave]] according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals
:b : a rhythmical [[scheme]] (as in 13th and 14th century music)
*2: [[mood]]
*3[Late Latin modus, from Latin] a : [[mood]] 1 b : the modal [[form]] of the assertion or denial of a [[logical]] [[proposition]]
*4a : a particular [[form]] or variety of something <flying and other modes of transport>
:b : a [[form]] or [[manner]] of [[expression]] : style
*5: a possible, [[customary]], or preferred way of doing something <[[explained]] in the usual [[solemn]] mode>
*6a : a [[manifestation]], form, or arrangement of [[being]]; specifically : a particular form or [[manifestation]] of an underlying substance
:b : a particular functioning arrangement or condition : [[status]] <a computer operating in [[parallel]] mode>
*7a : the most frequent [[value]] of a set of [[data]]
:b : a [[value]] of a [[random]] variable for which a [[function]] of [[probabilities]] defined on it [[achieves]] a [[relative]] maximum
*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==
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]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]