Linguistic representation of the textual category of modality in the final paragraphs of an English-language novel of the twentieth century

aim: to analyze and systematize the textual category of modality in the final paragraphs of an English-language novel of the twentieth century. Methodology. The key method was the semantic and stylistic analysis of the text, which determines the meanings and stylistic coloring of the studied components. Methods of systematization and classification were also used. The random sampling method is used to increase the objectivity of the study (150 units are allocated with its help). Results. The analysis showed that the manifestations of the textual category of modality should be divided into authorial and character ones, the main elements of the representation of the textual category of modality are described, and the ratio of real and unreal modality is presented in the final paragraphs of an English-language novel of the twentieth century. Research implications lie in the analysis of the representation of the category of modality, especially its evaluative component, while the practical implications lie in the possibility of applying the conclusions obtained in this study within the courses in text stylistics and text linguistics.

text categories, modality, subjective modality, strong text position, paragraph