Rogozhnikova I.N. COMMUNICATIVE-PRAGMATIC SPACE OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS WITH MODAL VERBS (IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE)
Candidate of Philological Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Department of the German Philology, Volgograd State University ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )
Abstract: the article deals with the semantic structure of modal verbs in a directive speech act. The author differentiates peculiarities of modal verbs, considers the frequency of modal verbs usage in a directive speech act, determines the role of a modal verb while forming illocution, and analyses communicative
and speech strategies specific to directive speech acts.
Key words: deontic modality, directive speech act, modal verb, semantic structure of a modal verb, communicative-speech strategies.
COMMUNICATIVE-PRAGMATIC SPACE OF DIRECTIVE SPEECH ACTS WITH MODAL VERBS (IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE) by Rogozhnikova I.N. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.