Mood and Modality in Modern English

AbstractThe article focuses on correlation between mood and modality in Modern English. The relations between logical and linguistic modalities are discussed. The semantic scope of linguistic modality is established. The typology of language means used to express linguistic modality is presented. Different approaches to the category of mood as a morphological means of expressing modality are analyzed. It is argued that a two-mood system is the most reasonable one for Modern English morphology. Perspectives of further research are outlined