"The" Fifth Modality —— On Languages that Shape our Motivations and Cultures

----- 第五模式：论塑造我们的动机和文化的语言

ISBN: 9789004162358 出版年：2008 页码：214 Carl Roberts Brill

This book introduces a theoretical perspective for distinguishing all mass societies’ persons, situations, and cultures in accordance with four modalities (e.g., ability for most U.S. citizens, necessity for most Scandinavians, obligation for most Japanese, and permission for most Arabs)