Comparative characteristics of the constructions "can-could - infinitive" and "may-might - infinitive" (on the material of scientific discourse texts)
The article considers the grammatical, lexical-semantic and statistical characteristics of the modal constructions with "may-might - infinitive" and "can-could - infinitive" for their further comparison. Frame semantics and the nature of language.
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