摘要：The paper deals with the concept of modality and aims to justify its being an appropriate framework for conveying judgments, namely for research into modality adverbs. It consists of two parts – a theoretical overview and a sample of research into modality markers. The theoretical part is informative text with a broader concern since it intends to delineate a notion lacking a classical general taxonomy available to a local language researcher. The research part presents a quantitative study on modal adverbials and their functioning as modality markers communicating confidence in the truth value of the proposition.
关键词：typology of modality, narrowly and broadly defined modality, inventory of modality, modality markers, emphasizers, disjuncts
