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 with an affix. <br><br>For example, in Lavukaleve, the affix <b><i>-nen</i></b> marks possibility in sentences such as <i>Ngai a-vo-<b>nun</b></i> ‘I 1sg.SUBJ-come-<b>POS</B>’ to mean ‘Can I come?’ (van der Auwera and Ammann 2008). <br><br>

<b>Glossing convention:</b> Such an affix will be glossed <b>POS</b>. <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>.	
