VALENCY OF MODAL WORDS AND PARTICLES IN GERMAN
The aim of the article is to describe conditions which influence the valency features of modal words and particles. By means of descriptive and distributive methods it is shown that the valency of modal particles usually occurs more often because they refer to the whole sentence whereas modal words can refer only to one word which does not allow their valency potential to be fully realised. The analysis shows that logical relations between the sentences are built according to the scheme called modus ponens - a variety of implicative assertions. Not one but several sentences can act as left actants, while a sentence with a modal word or a particle functions as the right actant. The study is theoretically significant because it explores the conditions under which modal words and particles can function as elements with valency features. The results of the research can be used in class of theoretical and practical German grammar.