THE ROLE OF ENGLISHMODAL VERBS IN THE INTERLINGUAL PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
The article reveals the cognitive-pragmatic characteristics of English modal verbs, as a fragment of a picture of the world, reflected in the English language. The author considersthe importance of English modal verbs as an effective means of interlanguage professional communication of future specialists in the field of tourism and hospitality. The modal verbs characteristics are suggested to take into accountto express modality correctly.