Epistemic markers (epistemic_markers)

Language & Meaning module (B6) for hedging / certainty / epistemic marker density.

What it is

  • Deterministic English lexicon + phrase match (T0 / light).

  • Per-segment marker hits with character spans, speaker/global counts and rates.

  • Categories: epistemic_hedge, approximator, modal_uncertainty, certainty_booster.

  • Derived: hedge_share, booster_share.

What it is not

  • Not acts.uncertainty (utterance dialogue-act label).

  • Not tics filler/disfluency counts (though seed lists overlap historically).

  • Not ASR confidence / transcript_quality word scores.

Language

English lexicon v1. Non-English transcripts abstain (usable=false, language_status=unsupported).

Config

Owned subtree analysis.epistemic_markers:

  • min_tokens_for_rates (default 20)

  • enabled_categories (empty = all categories)

Outputs

  • {base}_epistemic_markers.json / .csv

  • Speaker category-rate charts

  • Group: additive epistemic_markers_pooled.by_category + session bars

Core / extras

Core-mode compatible (T0 lexicon, no optional extras, no model downloads). Offline/air-gapped: packaged EN lexicon only.