This video was so helpful! I was really struggling with modals on my semantics homework, but this video was excellent and made it easier to understand :)
Modal quantifiers as quantifying over universes is neat. Are there any modals dealing with probability. You'd have to add on some scope limitations on universes to make them rigorous.
Yeah, it's cool stuff! And there's a lot more to do with it that we haven't talked about yet, including dealing with probability and relative likelihoods of different things. So that's definitely a topic we intend to come back to more in the future. ^_^
Huh. I'd actually been thinking before about how modality answers the question of "What (kind of) universe is X true in?". Fascinating to see my own thoughts being repeated by another person...
Yep, of course! We like hearing what people are thinking about and how they respond to our videos - it helps us figure out how best to approach stuff for the future. ^_^
Hey! I'm enjoying your videos as they are extremely compact with basic linguistic theories while not going off into the abyss regarding each and every word. Thanks for that! I have a question. Im currently an English teacher in Korea and have been studying grammar and linguistic theory on my own and have come up with a similar approach to modal auxilliary verbs. Given the assumption (which many might not share due to the fact that grammar is not taught extensively in the states) that when we refer to something in the past, the possibility of the statement being true is also lowered, would it be in the correct direction of approach to also approach modal present - past pairs in each manner? Examples being May and might Will and would Shall (obsolete) and should Can and could Must (shall's replacement) So if modals have to do with the statement being true in other worlds, do past tense modals take the direct truth value and dillute it? This is my current understanding. Any thoughts?
No, world in this sense = a given set of states for the way the world is. The set of possible worlds is more the set of possibilities for what the truth really is. Hope that helps! ^_^
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This is fun 'cause "modality" means something completely different in my world. Very cool!
Yeah, that's true! These words do find a way of getting reused. Glad you liked it! ^_^
The Ling Space wow, two of my Favourite channels in one comments section!
absolute brilliance, thanks for making modals so easy :)
Thanks for watching! Glad to be able to help. ^_^
This video was so helpful! I was really struggling with modals on my semantics homework, but this video was excellent and made it easier to understand :)
Thank you so much for this lesson.
Modal quantifiers as quantifying over universes is neat. Are there any modals dealing with probability. You'd have to add on some scope limitations on universes to make them rigorous.
Yeah, it's cool stuff! And there's a lot more to do with it that we haven't talked about yet, including dealing with probability and relative likelihoods of different things. So that's definitely a topic we intend to come back to more in the future. ^_^
Amazing video!
Huh. I'd actually been thinking before about how modality answers the question of "What (kind of) universe is X true in?". Fascinating to see my own thoughts being repeated by another person...
Yeah, it's really a cool way of looking at it! Glad you hit on it, too. Thanks for the feedback. ^_^
E-EH!? F-Feedback!?? Y-y-you mean I'm actually helping!!?
Yep, of course! We like hearing what people are thinking about and how they respond to our videos - it helps us figure out how best to approach stuff for the future. ^_^
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Hey! I'm enjoying your videos as they are extremely compact with basic linguistic theories while not going off into the abyss regarding each and every word. Thanks for that!
I have a question.
Im currently an English teacher in Korea and have been studying grammar and linguistic theory on my own and have come up with a similar approach to modal auxilliary verbs.
Given the assumption (which many might not share due to the fact that grammar is not taught extensively in the states) that when we refer to something in the past, the possibility of the statement being true is also lowered, would it be in the correct direction of approach to also approach modal present - past pairs in each manner?
Examples being
May and might
Will and would
Shall (obsolete) and should
Can and could
Must (shall's replacement)
So if modals have to do with the statement being true in other worlds, do past tense modals take the direct truth value and dillute it? This is my current understanding. Any thoughts?
All right, _Fringe_ references. I like it when I get the reference.
Awesome! Yeah, we like it when people get them, too. ^_^
Thank you very much!
Thanks so much for watching! ^_^
Huh. That's pretty awesome.
Thanks! It's a really fascinating topic, we think. ^_^
Which papers cover the 9:40-10:00 material on the identity of must/all and may/some and the possible nature of human thought?
Great video btw
Nice
world = set of possibilities for what the truth (reality) is?
No, world in this sense = a given set of states for the way the world is. The set of possible worlds is more the set of possibilities for what the truth really is. Hope that helps! ^_^
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