ABOUT MODAL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS IN CHECHEN AND INGUSH

Abstract

The paper addresses the issue of modality in the Chechen and Ingush languages. lt focuses on modal verbs formed by combination of verb forms with different vocabulary and on verbs formed from nominal forms and adverb words, switching to modal category. From a morphological point of view, modal words are heterogeneous and relate to many parts of speech. Modal words have the same syntactic functions and purpose. They are not members of the offer and belong to the entire offer structure. In the stylistic relation to modal words, giving speech, expression, and enrich it in different shades. Combined with the infinitive, modal verbs do not express an action or state in their direct sense, but have grammatical meanings. Their distinctive feature is that they act as expressions of grammatical meanings only in this combination. Modal words and expressions perform an expressive function, converging with particles and interjections, and participate in the overall emotional coloring of the sentence. They enhance the expressiveness of speech, reveal subjective assessment of the reported fact or phenomenon.