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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.
| Meaning | 2001 Speech | 2008 Speech | Percentage% |
| Certainty | 15 | 88 | 79.28 |
| Uncertainty | 0 | 2 | 1. 80 |
| Tentativeness | 2 | 4 | 5.40 |
| Total | 17 | 111 | 100.0 |