SOME PROBLEMS OF STUDYING MODALITY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE

The article deals with some problems of modality in English syntax. The author considers modality as a specific semantic category expressing the speaker's attitude to somebody or something. The work involves the definition of modality as one of the important characteristics of sentences, and is the definition of sentence modality in English. A detailed analysis of the specific definition of modality through the prism of the views of different scientists is conducted. Modality is also considered as a complex multifaceted functional-semantic category, which expresses the speaker's attitude to the speaker, his assessment of the attitude to the objective reality. Some comparisons between the opinions of scientists and their own are given. Existing opinions of such scientists as G. A. Zolotov, as Sh. Balli, Z. K. Dolgopolova, F. R. Palmer, V. Z. Panfilov, O. I. Smirnitsky and others. As an indispensable component of each article, the author's direct attitude to the definition of the term is direct. The curiosity of this work is that the issue has not yet been fully investigated, every scientist has assumed his opinion, but none of them has ever proved it. Linguists are increasingly paying attention to modal relations and the means by which these modal relations are realized are also increasingly drawing attention to their study at the phonetic, lexical and lexical-grammatical levels. The article also refers to a certain classification or division of modalities in linguistics proposed by scientists, namely, objective and subjective modality. The author analyzed both widespread views on modality and attention to other definitions. Other definitions have been formulated by a number of scholars. Among them M. Ya. Bloch, V. V. Kozlovsky, I. K. Charitons and others who distinguish modality as a syntactic category that conveys a relation between the content of a sentence, a morphological category of a verb that signifies a relation of action, and as a link between said content and objective reality. The article includes an introduction that addresses the relevance of the topic, clearly identifies the subject and subject of the study, identifies the purpose, and provides an analysis of recent research. The next element is a summary of the main material that identifies scientists, examples and comparisons, and a conclusion that holds the author's own opinion.