IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CATEGORY OF MODALITY IN ENGLISH PRESS RELEASES

Abstract

The article analyzes the implementation of the category of modality in English press releases. The relation of modus and modality was considered, the scientific views on subjective modality in the interpretation of modern linguists were analyzed, the most common types of values of the subjective modality of the utterance were established and analyzed, some means and methods of its implementation at different levels of language were revealed. It was found out that the modal plan of verbal expressions in press releases is a vivid representation of the human factor and gives the right to speak about the author's subtext of absolutely all linguistic units, since there is an appraisal (positive or negative evaluation), and therefore, an individual-human factor. It was determined that modality as a category of modus encompasses a multidimensional and diverse way of qualifying an event that is implemented by multi-level means of expression. The main means of expressing subjective modality in English press releases include: introductory words / phrases and sentences with the meaning of reliability / probability, certainty / uncertainty, generalized (uncertain) point of view or introduction of a certain point of view. At the level of syntax, subjective modality is represented by certain structures the purpose of which is to convey the main content of the message as the subjective, estimated, emotionally colored attitude of the speaker to the object. Inverted word order was determined as the most productive means of emotional syntax in press releases. The most common cases of inversion in press releases, namely, partial inversion and inversion with stable structures were characterized. It was found out that the subjective modality of press releases is an expression of a positive or negative attitude of the speaker towards the objects of extra-linguistic reality, therefore it is related to the linguistic category of evaluation. The main means of transferring the evaluator's attitude to the state of things were characterized. They include adjectives of different evaluative semantics, adverbial structures and nouns of positive and negative connotation.