Modality as a text category Карпова Александра РП-31

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MODALITY It is a conceptual category expressing the purposefulness of speech,

MODALITY

It is a conceptual category expressing the purposefulness of speech, the

relationship of a speaker to the content of his utterance, and the relationship of the content of the utterance to reality
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Modality may signify affirmation, command, desire, permission, truth, and unreality. It

Modality may signify affirmation, command, desire, permission, truth, and unreality.
It can

be expressed by three categories of forms expressing modality:
Modal verbs
Modal words (perhaps, likely)
Intonational means
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MODAL VERBS Modal verbs unlike other verbs, do not denote actions

MODAL VERBS

Modal verbs unlike other verbs, do not denote actions or

states, but only show the attitude of the speaker towards the action expressed by the infinitive in combination with which they form compound modal predicates.
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THERE ARE 9 MODAL VERBS IN ENGLISH Can Could May Might Must Shall Should Will Would

THERE ARE 9 MODAL VERBS IN ENGLISH

Can
Could
May
Might
Must
Shall
Should
Will
Would