Introductory modal words and their pragmatic meanings
UDC 811.161.1
https://doi.org/10.20339/PhS.1-21.014
Devyatova Nadezda M.,
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Professor of the Russian Language and General Linguistics Department of the Institute of Humanities
Moscow City Pedagogical University
e-mail: Deviatovan@mail.ru
The article considers a group of introductory-modal words ‘вообще, вообще-то, в общем, в общем-то, вообще-то говоря’. Having the ability to express the idea of generalization, they are distinguished by their pragmatics, the subtle nuances of modus meanings and ratings. The differences relate to the speaker’s attitude to the situation and its assessment: whether the situation is presented as significant, requiring attention and effort (‘и вообще’), or as natural, ordinary (‘в общем’). In the number of units studied, the meaning “the way of expressing a thought and its design” is also significant, dealing with a greater or less categorical utterance of a statement. For ‘вообще-то говоря’ priority meaning is the meaning of “a way of expressing thoughts” — a polite form of expression of thought can be noted. The polite form is ‘вообще-то говоря’.'
Keywords: subjective modality, introductory modal word, point of view, assessment, pragmatic meaning.
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