Theoretical framework reveals key properties of modal verbs, indicating roles of obligation and permission in communication.
This article examines the functional and semantic properties of modal verbs in English. Modal verbs are distinguished by their specific morphological nature and paradigmatic incompleteness, as well as their ability to express various nuances of modality, including necessity, possibility, probability, obligation, and permission.
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Shakhnoza Jalolova (2026) studied this question.
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