APPROACHES AND METHODS OF TEACHING MODALITY AS A CONCEPTUAL AND SYNTACTIC CATEGORY

Abstract

The article studies a concept of “modality,” approaches to it systematization in linguistics, theoretical and practical fields of research. The paper shows that the defined category has always been of interest to researchers. It reflects the connection between thinking and language most vividly. Special attention is paid to such modality aspects as the relation to reality, various modal meanings types and the connection with the predicativity of a sentence. Its definition controversial issues as a conceptual and syntactic category are also disclosed. The authors present various points of view on modality, emphasizing its importance as sentence key component and a tool for assessing the utterance reality, conformity and emotional coloring. The article presents aspects of the concept under study, different points of view on the expressing modal components. It is proved that in school teaching grammar and speech development, this category is one of the important subjects.