Word Formation and Subjective Modality of the Text

Abstract

Modality, which exists in two manifestations – objective and subjective, is thoroughly studied from various perspectives, especially in grammar. Modality has recently been taken beyond the boundaries of the sentence and considered a textual category. The subjective mo dality of the text is considered an optional semantic and pragmatic factor of the content-related organization of the text (discourse), which is realized in a number of different attitudes of the addressee (speaker, author) to what is being reported. This interpretation of subjective modality correlates with the concept of connotation. An important component of the study of subjective modality, or connotation, of the text is analysis of the means of its formation, expression.