Conveying the modality of obligation by means of grammatical structures in the Spanish language

Palii Yuliia Vladimirovna

The present study is devoted to the issue of the usage of grammatical constructions in conveying the modality of obligation in Spanish. The purpose of this work is to identify the peculiarities of the use of grammatical constructions haber de + infinitivo, hay que + infinitivo, tener que + infinitivo, deber de + infinitivo when conveying the modality of obligation in the novel “Niebla” by the Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno. The results of the study show that grammatical constructions reflect not only the modality and aspectuality of the action, but also convey different semantic shades of meaning. In the constructions that express the obligation, the subjective-evaluative component is most clearly manifested.

Keywords:subjective modality, obligation, grammatical constructions, infinitive.