MOTIONS VERBS AND THEIR MODALITY FEATURES IN MODERN ENGLISH
Keywords:
linguistic, modality, verbs, the English language, meaning, express.Abstract
The article deals with the modality features and functions of verbs expressing to start, to leave, to sail, to return, to arrive, to go, to come and etc. in Modern English.
In the English linguistics study of modality of verbs, including modal words on which a number of scientific works have been written, have always been in the focus of attention of the scholars.
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