Means of Expessing Modality

Table of content

Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..3
Chapter I. Review of Theoretical and Practical Studying of Modality in Modern English ……………………………………………………………………………..6
1.1. The Notion of Modality…………………………………….………………….6
1.2 The Category of Modality .……………………………………………………8
1.3 Modal Words …………………………………………………………………11
1.4 Lexical Composition and Classification of Modal Words……………………………………………………………………………..12
1.5 Modal Words as Means of Expressing the Truth …………………….………12
1.6 Syntactic Functions of Modal Words ……..………………………………….16
1.7 Comparison of Modal Words as Adverbs...……………………………..……17
Chapter II. General Characteristics of Modal Verbs ..……………………………19
2.1. The Verb Must …………...…………………………………………………..20
2.2. The Verb May-Might …………..…………………………………………….22
2.3. Verbs Should and Ought to …………...……………………………………...24
2.4. The Verb Will – Would …………...………………………………………….26
2.5. The Verb Can – Could ……..………………………………………………..27
2.6 The Verb Need ………………………………………………………………..29
Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………..30
List of References ………………………………………………………………...31

Introduction
Lexicology is the part of linguistics which studies words. This may include their nature and function as symbols their meaning, the relationship of their meaning to epistemology in general, and the rules of their composition from smaller elements (morphemes such as the English -ed marker for past or un- for negation; and phonemes as basic sound units). Lexicology also involves relations between words, which may involve semantics (for example, love vs. affection), derivation (for example, fathom vs. unfathomably), usage and sociolinguistic distinctions (for example, flesh vs. meat), and any other issues involved in analyzing the whole lexicon of a language(s).

Modality – is a multifold phenomenon, and therefore in the linguistic literature we can find