Modal Meanings Research Articles

MENGEMBANGKAN KREATIVITAS DAN KEMAMPUAN MENGGAMBAR PADA ANAK DOWN SYNDROME MELALUI TEKNIK MELENGKAPI GAMBAR

The ability to draw is the initial stage for children to express themselves and their emotions through various media. For children, drawing is the most enjoyable thing, but unfortunately children with special needs find this activity difficult to do, even just imitating the shape of objects, it is very difficult to imitate. This research aims to increase motivation and drawing skills in children with special needs through drawing completion techniques. Data collection techniques use observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis uses data reduction, data presentation, and verification/drawing conclusions. Test the validity of the data using source triangulation and technical triangulation. The results of the research show that the technique of completing drawings can increase the motivation and drawing ability of children with Down syndrome, such as having high interest, honing skills and perseverance, developing the child's personality, and can be a means of therapeutic modality for children's mental health

Counterfactuality and Mood

This review article presents the current state of research on counterfactual expressions and contexts. It focuses on the relationship between formal semantic and typological approaches. This leads to a special emphasis on counterfactual expressions outside of conditional clauses and the role of counterfactual expressions in modal meanings such as weak necessity.

Peculiarities of Adverb Placement in English Sentences (exemplified by the adverb "fairly")

The article deals with the problem of adverb placement in English sentences. The paper aims at studying the main tendencies and patterns which influence the choice of the syntactic position of adverbs in English. Special attention is paid to the correlation between the semantic and syntactic features of adverbs. The article also describes possible syntactic positions of adverbs belonging to different semantic classes and the factors which determine the change of the place of the adverb in the sentence. The paper also considers the peculiarities of functioning of adverbs in the sentence based on the analysis of the adverb "fairly". The material for study includes contexts of use of the adverb "fairly" taken from the British National Corpus (BNC). The research uses the following methods: descriptive and statistical methods, methods of contextual analysis and syntactic analysis. The relevance of the subject of the research is due to the fact that in modern English adverbs are characterized by a high level of variability in syntactic placement, and even adverbs belonging to the same semantic class may have different syntactic properties. The analysis showed that "fairly" can be used as an intensifying adverb, an emphasizer, an adverb of manner, an evaluation adverb; in a number of cases it can also acquire additional modal meanings or serve as a speech act-related adverb. Each meaning of the adverb is characterised by its specific variants of syntactic positioning: before the word it modifies, in medial position, in end position and as a parenthetic word detached from the rest of the sentence. The results of the research show the necessity to study the syntactic properties of adverbs in more detail and to clarify their existing dictionary definitions.

A radically usage-based, collostructional approach to assessing the differences between negative modal contractions and their parent forms

Abstract Starting from the premise that English negative modal contractions constitute partly variable patterns of associations that include both the preceding subject and the following verb infinitive, the study sets out to investigate distributional differences between can’t, shouldn’t, and won’t and their corresponding uncontracted parent forms. Given that some configurations are assumed to correlate with specific modal meanings (e.g. inanimate subjects and stative verbs > ‘epistemic prediction’; first person subjects > ‘(un)willingness’ or ‘commissive modality’), roughly 200,000 trigrams from COCA are submitted to distinctive covarying collexeme analysis in order to uncover if these contractions and their full forms are conventionalized and entrenched differentially enough to merit their separate treatment on both conceptual and methodological grounds. The results point to probabilistic tendencies, suggesting a cline where won’t and can’t appear to be more emancipated from their respective full-form analogue than shouldn’t. Furthermore, the study showcases how collostructional methods can be applied fruitfully to case studies embedded in Schmid’s (Schmid, Hans-Jörg. 2020. The dynamics of the linguistic system: Usage, conventionalization, and entrenchment. Oxford: Oxford University Press) Entrenchment and Conventionalization Model.

Features of the Functioning of Hypothetical Modal Words in Russian and Kyrgyz Languages

The articleis devoted to one ofthe topical issues of linguistics, in particular, the peculiarities of the functioning of hypothetical modal words in the Russian and Kyrgyz languages. The main attention in this article is focused on the analysis of hypothetical modal words in the compared languages. Despite the wide interestof researchers in this problem, there are still no generalizing works that consider modal words with the meaning of assumption in modern Russian. There are practically no works devotedto the comparative analysis of the functions, semantics and functioningof hypothetical modal words in the Russian and Kyrgyz languages. During the analysisof the features of the functioning of hypothetical modal words in the compared languages, it was concluded that the choiceof hypothetical modal words in the text depends on the individual author's style of the writer. The main function of modal words as the main lexical means of expressing modal meanings is that they expressthe speaker's subjective relationship to the utterance, correlate the content of the utterance with reality in termsof its reality, unreality or presumption. modal words in a sentence play an important role: without them, the sentence, although it does not lose grammatical harmony, still does not have the meaning, the content, the coloringthat the speaker needed to express. Excessive use of modal words turns them into a parasite word.

Особенности функционирования конструкций с модальным значением обусловленности в «Русской Правде»

The article deals with the analysis of conditional complex sentences in the body of ancient Russian laws “Russkaya Pravda”. The aim of the study is to identify the basic principles of the grammatical structure and functioning of the constructions with the modal meaning of conditionality. The scientific novelty of the undertaken research lies in considering complex sentences with conditional clauses as the main text-forming structure in the organization of the Old Russian legal written monument. The results obtained showed that the text of “Russkaya Pravda” consistently uses syntactic constructions with the modal meaning of conditionality, which are implemented using complex sentences with the meaning of condition. The study identified three groups of constructions with the modal meaning of conditionality. The cause-and-effect relationship is clearly visible in these constructions: the first group is complex sentences with the meaning of condition, expressed using the conjunctions ‘аще’, ‘аже’, ‘оже’, ‘иже’; the second group is represented by sentences in which the meaning of conditionality is expressed using the connecting conjunction ‘a’; the third group is syntactic constructions with a conjunction ‘или’ meaning ‘if’, as well as sentences conveying conditional relations without using any conjunctions.

Irrealis expressions and modality: A response to von Prince, Krajinović, and Krifka

Abstract: Von Prince, Krajinović, and Krifka (2022) argue that irrealis is a crosslinguistically legitimate semantic category, and they define it in terms of a domain encompassing both future possibility and counterfactuality. In this response, we argue that this definition is too narrow, because it excludes past and present possibility and necessity. We suggest instead that the correct characterization is that irrealis expressions correlate with quantification over possible worlds—or in simpler terms, with modality. We then ask a compositional question: do irrealis expressions signal the presence of modality contributed by other morphemes in the clause, or do they contribute modality themselves? Based on a comparison between the languages in von Prince et al.’s sample and preliminary data from Lutuv (Lautu) Chin (South Central Tibeto-Burman, formerly called Kuki-Chin), we suggest that the answer to this question may vary from one language to the next, thereby contributing to a richer picture of how modal meaning is reflected and encoded crosslinguistically.

Intentional Author as a Subject of Virtual Communication (Content of Corporate Websites News)

This study explores the “image of the virtual intentional author” in the news discourse of corporate websites. A comparative analysis of materials from corporate websites of Kemerovo State University and Siberian Coal and Energy Company is conducted. Subjective, predicate-actant, and locative-temporal components are identified. Typical and specific semantic components are named. The typical shared components include the following meanings: “I am a significant subject of the Russian space”; “I represent a collective of professionals”; “I engage in volunteer and charitable activities”. Each of the considered organizations’ intentional author image is characterized by specific features. The intentional author of the university’s news content realizes the following modal meanings: “I am not only a leading university in the region but also part of global rankings, serving as a center for scientific, social, volunteer activities, etc. in the region”, thus, the virtual author communicates the intention to present the university as a significant subject of the Russian educational space. The intentional author of the energy company’s news content conveys meanings such as: “I am the best production organization”; “I am competitive”; “I am socially oriented”; “I interact with authorities and public organizations”.

On the Semantics of the Structure Estar para + infinitive in European Portuguese: From Aspect to Modality

In contrast to most aspectual operators whose meaning remains unchanged regardless of their context of occurrence, the structureestar para + infinitive reveals a great deal of variability in this respect. Thus, in addition to the primary prospective aspect value, this construction also conveys modal meanings that can express uncertainty, counterfactuality, or volition/intention. Factors such as the tenses in which the sentence appears (in particular, the pretérito imperfeito (past imperfect) and the pretérito perfeito (terminative past tense)) and the presence of sentential negation contribute decisively to bringing about this kind of variation. However, there seems to be a shared semantic profile underlying the construction estar para + infinitive, namely the presence of a stative predication that induces a prospective projection.

Exploring the functionality of -sa/se affixes for conveying potential and unreal scenarios

The article focuses on the grammatical and semantic potential of the -sa/-se affix in forming the conditional and desirable mood in the Turkish language. It allowed the authors to trace the gradual transitions from actual reality to a broader one through the sphere of potentiality toward unreality. It was found that the affix -sa/-se is involved in forming the hypothetical and unreal word modality, i.e., it directly affects the seme. The proposed scientific research systematizes the existing knowledge about the paradigm of meanings that the -sa/-se affix can realize. Using a comprehensive methodological approach, it determines the interrelation between its position and function in the Turkish language construction. This includes a continuous sampling method, a descriptive method, a method of contextual analysis to establish the specifics of the formation of different contexts by this morpheme, and a method of pragmatic analysis. The article shows that the affix -sa/-se can express both unreal and real conditions. The authors of this paper have investigated that the sequence of formants in the formation of an unreal condition semantics has the following form: a condition affix (in preposition), an affix that realizes the temporal value. While forming a semi-real condition, the formant does not have a temporal indicator since, in hypothetical constructions, there is a clear opposition between the real and the desired. In the case of verbal modeling of a real condition, the temporal marker is the one in the preposition to the condition affix. As a word-forming formant, the affix realizes a wide range of other modal meanings and can express a more grammatically formalized epistemic modality.

The Pragmatic Aspect of Modality in the English Mass-Media Discourse

The article is devoted to the pragmatic aspect of modality representation in the English mass-media discourse. The categorial status of modality, typology of modal meanings and their interaction have been examined from the viewpoint of historical perspective. The research is aimed at revealing the pragmatic characteristics of subjective-interpersonal (author-recipient) modality, which reflects the author's intentions to describe the world (epistemic modality), change the world (deontic modality), evaluate the world (axiological modality). The four factors of internet communication - the addresser, the addressee, the text, the objective reality - are studied within the framework of communicative-pragmatic approach to modality. The discourse-analysis and pragma-stylistic analysis have been applied to depict language means representing modality in the English mass-media Internet discourse, in the article on political issues. It has been revealed that the author of the article may act differently in accordance with the roles he assumes - of an informer, of an expert-analyst, of a consultant-adviser; his task is to attract the readers and involve them in discussion in the comments section. The expression of authorship is principal here and the author's modality is always explicit. The comments following the text of an article are distinguished by a variety of the authors' communicative strategies and modal meanings.

Syntax, vocabulary, phraseology: Aspects of correlation and interaction

This article raises the issues of using an integrative approach with respect to the study of language units, the problems of interaction of syntax, vocabulary and phraseology, and their interpenetration and contact within the framework of the semantic structure of the language as a functioning system. We also consider syntactic units that are in the zone of abstract meanings that ensure the integrity and vital activity of the language. The diachronic aspect of the coverage of the questions posed contributed to the identification of two processes – grammaticalization and lexicalization, which stimulate mutual transitions and borderline positions between principal and auxiliary parts, predicative and nominative parts, mono and polysemantic parts, as well as stable and instable parts in the sentence. The syntactic phraseomodels, analyzed in the article, are frequent in the sphere of hypotaxis when expressing adversarial-concessional, temporal and causal relations. It is especially important that the language has the integrativity of abstract vocabulary and relational semantics, designed to cement and structure speech activity. The syntactic phraseomodels under consideration complicate relational semantics with modal or expressive meanings. The modal component is usually realized through the vocabulary of anthropocentric content, covering the entire spectrum of human speech-psychomental activity, it is represented by separate semantic fields and lexical-semantic groups. Within the framework of expressive contexts, as essential elements are the lexical content of pretexts and the presence of emotive components in their composition. In these phrases, one can see a cause-and-effect relationship between two propositions, the real and potential ones in the subordinate part, although such models often move into the sphere of intensity semantics and the zone of emotiveness. The syntactic phraseomodels under consideration and those of them that have acquired a stable appearance are prone to parceling, budding from the base part and functioning more autonomously in the text. Thus, semantic-syntactic relations interact with abstract vocabulary and have a certain range of emotional-evaluative and modal meanings.

Discussion on complex predicates in the Sakha language

This article raises questions related to ambiguities of complex predicates in the Sakha language. One of ambiguities is differentiation of the complex predicate from the compound one. The other is functional auxiliary verbs, which semantically supplement aspectual and modal meanings. For example, the verb бар-‘depart’ adds the meaning of inchoation of an action to a main verb in the converb {-An}: ааҕ-ан бар- ‘be going to read’. Functional auxiliary verbs are the result of grammaticalization in the Sakha language. But the process of grammaticalization has not been accomplished in the Sakha language. Thus, it is possible to make dual interpretations of a predicate аhа-ан бар- as ‘begin to eat’(complex) and ‘eat and go’(compound).

Subjective Modality and Means of its Expression in a Journalistic Style

This article is dedicated to the study of one of the categories of the sentence — modality. Many domestic linguists define this category as the attitude of the speaker to reality. Representing a complex phenomenon,it does not have a clear definition and according to many linguists requires clarification. The article presents the main provisions from the works of V. V. Vinogradov, who compiled a voluminous list of means denoting modal meanings, and G. A. Zolotova. The definition of the concepts of objective and subjective modality is given according to the «Russian grammar» (of 1980) and the «Linguistic encyclopedic dictionary». The means of expressing subjective modality are analyzed in journalistic style texts by means of an example of online newspaper «Culture». Cases of expression are identified and considered at the level of simple and complex sentences. It is noted that the subjective modality is associated with the use of lexical repetition, phrases, introductory words, separate, interjections, words that cause desire, possibility, intention or non-union complex sentences, complex sentences, unions and allied words. It was found in the article that the subjective modality is mostly expressed by using units of lexical and syntactic levels.

ДА или НЕ в разговорната реч (Или за отрицанието и потвърждението в разговорната реч и за функциите на частиците ДА и НЕ)

The purpose of the article is to present some specifics of affirmation and negation found in the spoken language. Special attention was paid both to the competition between yes and no, and to the competition between these particles and other parts of speech – interjections, particles and pronominal adverbs. Emphasis was also placed on the pragmatic function of these particles, without at the same time neglecting their modal meaning. Conclusions were drawn as to which of the two particles has greater functionalsemantic diversity in conversational discourse.

ВЕРБАЛИЗАЦИЯ СЕМАНТИКИ КАЖИМОСТИ И ПРИТВОРСТВА В ТУВИНСКИХ ФОЛЬКЛОРНЫХ И СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ТЕКСТАХ

The article examines grammaticalized comparative constructions of the Tuvan language, identified in texts of different genres. Particular attention is paid to the comparison standard marker. The purpose of the study is to identify and interpret the main means of expressing pretense and appearances in Tuvan texts, both modern and folklore. The relevance of the study is determined by the insufficient knowledge of the semantics of pretense and the increased interest in the study of the traditional and cultural characteristics of the linguistic consciousness of representatives of various ethnic groups. It seems relevant to show what lexical units can verbalize the semantics of appearance. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that for the first time, comparative structures were studied using the material of the Tuvan language and semantic types of markers of the specified semantics in folklore and modern texts were identified. The main research methods are the descriptive method and the structural modeling method. As a result of the study, comparative structures expressing both real and unreal comparison were identified and interpreted. In constructions of unreal comparison, the situation presented to the dependent predicative unit (DPU) does not take place in reality. It is arbitrarily constructed as a subjective interpretation of what is reported in the main predicative unit (GPU). This fictitious, unreal event becomes the standard comparisons for a real event expressed in MPU. The main means of marking modal meanings in the system of real comparison in the Tuvan language are comparatives: yshkash ‘like’; deg ‘like’. The same markers are also noted in unreal structures. Marking of unreal semantics is carried out in Tuvan folklore texts with multifunctional forms from the verb bol = ‘to be’ (boop, boor, etc.). The semantic invariant of such constructions is ‘pretend that...’. In addition, syntactic constructions of the predicate are widely used, expressing the relationship of the communicated or the message itself to reality with the postpositions deg, yshkash. It was established that the folklore texts under consideration use the same methods of expressing comparative relations that have been identified for the modern Tuvan language. However, the qualitative side (the complex of means and the nature of their functioning) and the quantitative side (the frequency of use of these units) are determined by the purpose of communication and depend on specific extralinguistic factor.

German modal verbs in secondary meaning and their analogues in Russian

German modal verbs in secondary meaning and their analogues in Russian

Модальный потенциал синтетических и аналитических форм выражения будущего времени в немецком и русском языках

The study aims to identify the modal potential of synthetic and analytical forms of the future tense in German and Russian. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that the paper provides insight into the question of the functional equivalence of synthetic and analytical forms of the future tense. As a result, it has been shown that along with the future tense semantics, synthetic and analytical forms are able to convey modal complementary meanings under certain conditions. The peculiarity of the Russian language is that perfective verbs (Future Simple) can express core and non-core modal meanings. The inferential evidentiality as an additional complementary meaning is characteristic only of the analytical form Futur I in German and cannot be conveyed by the futural form Präsens. In German, synthetic forms express an alethic meaning if predicates in sentences of this type presuppose information already known to the interlocutor. Volitive and deontic meanings in German can be conveyed in sentences containing the Präsens form if there is an indication of the need to carry out an action in the context. The phenomenon of functional asymmetry is traced in the system of the future tense in German and Russian: the German analytical form Futur I can be considered the equivalent of the synthetic form capable of conveying evidential meanings (Future Simple) in the Russian language.

한국어 '보다' 구문과 중국어 '看' 구문의 대조 연구 - 양태의 중의성을 중심으로 -

The purpose of this study is to compare the syntactic characteristics and examine the modal meanings of ‘boda' and ‘kan', which denote visual perceptual acts, in Korean and Chinese. The lexical meanings of ‘boda' and ‘kan' acquire their modal meanings through a process of semantic abstraction. Both ‘boda' and ‘kan' can convey the speaker's objective attitude towards a proposition and also express the occurrence of an event, thus exhibiting a dual modality function. They can be interpreted as either epistemic modals or event modals. This duality of modality function in ‘boda' and ‘kan' presents different syntactic characteristics, which are interpreted in terms of the structure of modality realization.

Sequentiality

Abstract This paper examines a hitherto unreported use of the Gã Perfect gram termed the ‘sequential perfect’. The sequential perfect represents a late stage of grammaticalization as it no longer conveys any aspectual information on its own, instead deriving its semantics from verbal categories in the prior discourse. It is primarily modal, being used for irrealis, habitual and iterative situations. It occurs in the non-initial clause of multiclausal constructions and signals that the event it marks is temporally posterior to another event. It also imparts the epistemic modal meanings of inevitability and certainty. I propose that these newer functions are developed from the core semantic components of change-of-state and completion. This involves grammaticalization via domain extension, where change-of-state within an event is extended to change between events. The investigation introduces a new pathway for grammaticalization of the perfect, which has implications for studies of the perfect and grammaticalization generally.