Negative Assessment in Internet-Commentary
The article deals with the problem of negative modal assessment in the communicative environment of Internet-comment. It is noted that the expression of relations, opinions and assessments is the major functional objective of an Internet-comment. It is asserted that the freedom of self-expression provided by the virtual environment of Internet-comment is characterized by a wide scope of negative assessment meanings.
Internet-commentary, negative modal assessments, opinion, emotional assessment, subjective modality, dictum, modus, speech aggression