Expressions of Modality Within the Verb Phrase Structure

Introduction: General Remarks Concerning Modality……………………3

Chapter I Levels at Which Modality Is Expressed……………………………7

Chapter II Expressions of Modality Within the Verb Phrase Structure………..15
I Mood………………………………………………………15
The English Moods………………………………………….16
1.The Indicative Mood…………………………………….18
2.The Subjunctive Mood…………………………………..19
3. II Modal Verbs……………………………………….…20

Chapter III Other Ways of Expressing Modality in English and Romanian……..31
Lexical and Stylistical Means of Expressing Modality……………………………………….…40
A.Modality Achieved by Different Parts of Speech……………………………………………40
B.Phraseology……………………………………………….41
C.Stylistical and Rhetoric Means of Expressing Modality in English and Romanian…………………………………………… 42

Chapter IV Teaching Modal Verbs……………………………………………….45
Bibliography………………………………………………………………… 58