THE TERMS OF THE CATEGORY OF MODALITY

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a comprehensive study of the category of modality in Chinese. The study of this phenomenon is an urgent problem of modern linguistics, since understanding the essence of this category is one of the keys to understanding the language and the laws of its functioning. The article clarifies features of copyright concepts of the modality category in the Chinese language, and analyzes the similarities and differences of theoretical aspects formulated by different scientists. The article reveals such problems as the features of the terminological apparatus of the modality category in the Chinese language, as well as the variety of approaches to the definition of the studied concept. The authors turn to the origins of the formation of ideas about the category of modality, which influenced the formation of the terminological apparatus. The practical significance of the study described in the article lies in the possibility of using the materials obtained in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language. The authors conclude which term of the modality category in Chinese and which of the existing systems of the phenomenon under study best reflect the current level of knowledge and understanding of the modality category in modern linguistics.