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A study on epistemic modal elements expressed in the selected State of the Nation Address of Ghana

Universal Journal of Literature and Linguistics | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 4. Percentage Distributions of Certainty,Uncertainty and Tentativeness in 2001 & 2008 Speeches.

Meaning2001 Speech2008 SpeechPercentage%
Certainty158879.28
Uncertainty021. 80
Tentativeness245.40
Total 17111100.0