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

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