Deontic modality refers to possibility related ability or permission. van der Auwera and Ammann (2008) provide English examples such as <i>You <b>may</b> leave now</i> and <i>The children <b>can</b> swim across the lake</i>. <br><br>

A ‘yes’ value to this property indicates that the language expresses this sort of modality primarily with a particle. <br><br>

For example, in Chuckchi, the particle <i>mecənkə</i> ‘enough’ marks deontic modality (van der Auwera & Ammann 2008). <br><br>


<b>Reference</b><br>

van der Auwera, Johan & Ammann, Andreas. 2008. Situational Possibility.
In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 74.
Available online at <a href=â€http://wals.info/feature/74â€>http://wals.info/feature/74</a href>.	

