Will Data 1 Deontic Modality 1 Can
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In  the  data  above  the  writer  find  function  as  controlling  a possible action. The speaker had evidence that he thought the target is
not  too  high.  So  that  from  it  fact  the  speaker  state  that  he  think  the economy will not fully recover yet this year. After finds the functions
the  data  as  deontic  modality,  the  writer  finds  function  the  data  as epistemic modality are explained below.
4.1.2.2 Epistemic Modality 4.1.2.2.1 Can
Data 1
“This  can  be  a  solution  for  remote  areas,  especially  those  in  the east.....
,” Iwan said. D1, T8.44 The  first  data  that  represent  epistemic  modality  above  have
function  to  controlling  a  possible  action.  The  person  that  said  this statement  wanted  to  giving  solution.  Iwan  Agung  Firstantara,  the
newly appointed CEO of PLN subsidiary PT Pembangkitan Jawa-Bali PJB  giving  solution  for  remote  areas,  especially  those  in  the  east.
The second data explained below.
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Data 2
“The  investors  have  the  money  but  on  the  other  hand  they  need ready-to-execute  infrastructure  projects  so  they  can  start  construction
quickly,” he said on the sidelines of a seminar in Central Jakarta on Wednesday. D7, T8.58
The second data as epistemic modality above have function as controlling a possible action. The center of the sentence is on the case
that  the  investors  have  the  money  but  on  the  other  hand  they  need ready-to-execute  infrastructure  projects.  This  statement  can  be  said
that Asian Development Bank ADB economist Priasto Aji wanted to giving  solution  for  the  investor  is  possible  to  start  construction
quickly. The third data explained below.
Data 3
Starting with 130 workers, the company can now provide jobs for 350 local  people;  85  percent  of  them  are  women  who  used  to  be
unemployed. D7, T9.48
Quotation  above  is  the  third  data  as  epistemic  modality  that have  function  as  stating  it  as  a  fact.  The  case  of  the  sentence  as
evidence is starting with 130 workers. The subject the company is not the  center  of  the  sentence  because  there  is  the  case  that  makes  the
reader focus on. So that with knowing the fact for certain that starting with 130 workers, the editor stating it as a fact that the company now
                                            
                