LEXICO-SEMANTIC FEATURES OF MODAL VERBS IN FAIRY-TALES
Keywords:
modality, fairy tales, modal verbs, lexico-semantic features, polysemy, epistemic, root, deontic, dynamic.Abstract
The current paper discusses the lexico-semantic peculiarities of modal verbs by the analysis of fairy tales in Uzbek and English languages. The aim of the research is to determine the semantic features of modal verbs in written discourse through overview of the fairy tale collections in both languages. Literature review encompasses theories and ideas of the scientists that are investigated on the lexico-semantic variety of modal verbs as Palmer, Kratzer and so on. The analysis is based on descriptive method which activates the types of modality according to the usage of modal verbs and grammatical structures of verbs, word combinations in Uzbek language which represents modal meaning. The results of the research indicate that one modal verb must expresses several meanings in context and it conveys different type of modality. It brings out the polysemy of the modal verbs in different written discourse.
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