The conceptual scope of terms for expression of causative modality

Abstract

Different approaches to the interpretation of the concept of «causative modality» are explored in the article, it is ascertained how these categories are related to each other, which features are common and different. Different dimensions of the interpretation of a term are systematized, namely linguistic and psycholinguistic. The controversial issues of the categories of «mood», «modality», «imperative», «causation», etc. are analyzed. Opinions are systematized on their understanding and hierarchical connection. Synonymous use of the concepts of «imperativity» and «causation», «modality» and «mood», «causation» and «directive» are trased. It is found out that mood and modality are not identical concepts, although their relations are based on the same principle – the orientation at the speaker, but this orientation is different. In the ¿ eld of mood, it means any attitude of the speaker – to the subject of speech, the content of the statement, the interlocutor, the form of speech, the sequence, the development of thought, and beyond mood modality expresses the attitude of the speaker to the content of the message in terms of its reality / irreality.

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Svitlana SYLO

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Svitlana SYLO (2017). The conceptual scope of terms for expression of causative modality. Актуальні питання гуманітарних наук: Міжвузівський збірник наукових праць молодих вчених Дрогобицького державного педагогічного університету, 17(), 161-166. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-439727