The purpose of the article is to argue the existence of modus category of "hope" on the background of such widely recognized modus category as "trustworthiness"
A significant part of the article is devoted to the semantics of the above mentioned category. The article also includes the review of Russian and foreign papers on the studied topic.
The author provides the field approach to the description of linguistic means of expression of modus category of "hope", highlighting the introductory units I hope / hope as the core, and the introductory unit we hope / hope and verbs of expounding compound constructions with contact word hope – as the periphery. In addition, it is proved that the synonyms of the word hope cannot be nuclear items for different reasons.
The author comes to the following conclusions: 1) despite the area of intersection of trustworthiness and the subjective sense of "hope" ('confidence', 'consciousness', 'the possibility of exercising'), considered modus category includes such components as 'pending ', 'future', 'joyful / good / pleasant', 'soul', 'emotion', while the seme 'future' is not obligatory; 2) modus category of "hope" expresses "the desire, the expectation of something joyful / pleasant / good coupled with the certainty that it can be done in the future or has already happened". Modus category of "hope", unlike "trustworthiness", is an optional semantic category. It can be expressed by the speaker only in those cases that require emphasizing the desirability of the anticipated event. It’s evident that the modal meaning “hope” is closely related to the categories of emotionality and trustworthiness in the entire system of modus categories.